To make peace, one must be an uncompromising leader. To make peace, one must also embody compromise.

[On Richard M. Nixon:] Americans began with a president who couldn't tell a lie and now they have one who can't tell the truth.

Democracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism.

Purusing peace means rising above one's own wants, needs, and emotions.

I'm not into smoke-filled rooms. I don't have the time for byzantine political intrigues.

All through the years of the Soviet empire, its Politburo held 'elections.' Of course, calling something an election and actually having it be an election are different things.

The government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress.