The statesman's duty is to bridge the gap between his nation's experience and his vision.

The real distinction is between those who adapt their purposes to reality and those who seek to mold reality in the light of their purposes.

The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.

The nice thing about being a celebrity is that when you bore people, they think it's their fault.

Let us learn our lessons. ... Never believe any war will be smooth and easy or that anyone who embarks on that strange voyage can measure the tides and hurrica…

Victory means exit strategy, and it's important for the President to explain to us what the exit strategy is.

He was not only the most brilliant strategist of all our generals, but he had a good political sense. A man of that quality was too difficult for Hitler to swa…