Take your job seriously, but not yourself

A voter without a ballot is like a soldier without a bullet.

Laughter can relieve tension, soothe the pain of disappointment, and strengthen the spirit for the formidable tasks that always lie ahead.

And the next thing is that every war is going to astonish you in the way it occurred, and in the way it is carried out.

The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first. A process which often reduces the most complex human problem to a manageable proportion.

Like all successful politicians I married above myself.

Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.