The root cause of poverty is social injustice and the bad government that abets it

The United States is still seen as the leader at the world that wants to be free.

You have to comply, you have to obey - or you'd better resign and leave. But that is also the mark of a great leader - somebody who, in the presence of inner conflict, will do the right thing.

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

The burden is on Saddam Hussein. And our policy, our national policy - not the UN policy but our national policy - is that the regime should be changed until such time as he demonstrates that it is not necessary to change the regime because the regime has changed itself.

Remain calm, be kind.

Nobody wants to be in a mediocre organization. You don't have the same energy flowing through.