When I served as US Ambassador to NATO in the 1970s, the center of gravity in Europe was France and Germany.

If you develop rules, never have more than ten.

It is easier to get into something than to get out of it.

I'm glad you asked. It has nothing to do with oil, literally nothing to do with oil.

The reality is that terrorists can attack any time at any minute, 24 hours a day, using a variety of techniques, in any place at all. And it's not possible to defend in every place, against every technique, against every conceivable approach. It means that you can't stop every terrorist attack. Innocent men, women and children are going to be killed if terrorists are determined to do it.

Don't divide the world into 'them' and 'us.' Avoid infatuation with or resentment of the press, the Congress, rivals, or opponents. Accept them as facts. They have their jobs and you have yours.

Don't think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. As Charles De Gaulle said, the cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.