If you try to please everybody, somebody's not going to like it.

You're thinking of Europe as Germany and France. I don't. I think that's old Europe.

Is it likely that an aircraft carrier or a cruise missile is going to find a person?

... something under $50 billion for the cost. How much of that would be the U.S. burden, and how much would be other countries, is an open question.

In the execution of Presidential decisions work to be true to his views, in fact and tone.

The worst mistake is to have the best ladder and the wrong wall.

Don't 'over-control' like a novice pilot. Stay loose enough from the flow that you can observe it, modify, and improve it.