Terrorism really flourishes in areas of poverty, despair and hopelessness, where people see no future

I was born in Harlem, raised in the South Bronx, went to public school, got out of public college, went into the Army, and then I just stuck with it.

You have achieved excellence as a leader when people will follow you anywhere if only out of curiosity.

Always be looking for the opportunities, and always be optimistic about what you can do with that opportunity.

Diplomacy never stops, and, with or without an election, it never stops.

One of the most worrisome things that emerges from the thick intelligence file we have on Iraq's biological weapons is the existence of mobile production facilities used to make biological agents.

Always show more kindness than seems necessary, because the person receiving it needs it more than you will ever know.