Every human endeavor has leaders and followers, and your job as a leader is to inspire.

Being in charge sometimes means making people mad. Some days you have to overrule even the best advice, because you think it is not right.

Organization charts and fancy titles count for next to nothing.

The United Nations will spearhead our efforts to manage the new conflicts (that afflict our world)... Yes the principles of the United Nations Charter are worth our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.

Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to bury those that did not return.

I understand that and I have had very candid discussions with Saudi leaders in the past. I respect their culture and their heritage and their traditions, but I think that they now, as they move forward, will have to start examining these traditions and these practices to see whether or not change is appropriate.

It is good if your enemy underestimates you. The dumber they think you are the more surprised they are when you kill them.