With vision only, you get no follow-through. With enforcers only, the vision is realized but leaves a lot of wreckage.

How often have we seen politicians take a principle position only to give it up three days later? That is what makes democracy so fascinating.

The long bitter years of the Cold War are over. America and her allies have won; totally, decisively, and overwhelmingly....So thank you SAC. Job well done. Enjoy your retirement.

Pissing people off doesn't mean you're doing the right things, but doing the right things will almost inevitably piss people off.

I served 40 years in government, and I'm not looking forward to a position or an assignment. Of course, I have always said if a president asks you to do something, you have to consider it. But I am in no way interested in returning to government. But I, of course, would sit and talk to any president who wishes to talk to me.

The ties that bind us are stronger than the occasional stresses that separate us.

Good and solid analysis and a formal way of looking at a problem [are the core ingredients of good decisions].