Respect for leaders by followers can't be mandated; it must be earned. It has to be given to leaders by their followers.

Trust is the glue that holds an org together & the lubricant that moves it forward.

The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced - the just demands of peace and security will be met - or action will be unavoidable. And a regime that has lost its legitimacy will also lose its power.

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.

I think all of the attention of the world, to include the attention of the Arab world, should be on Saddam Hussein and whether or not he is prepared to give up the weapons of mass destruction that he has used to terrorise the region.

Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word; and not just comforting platitudes too mundane to need protection.

War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support.