Every leader should have enough humility to accept, publicly, the responsibility for the mistakes of the subordinates he has himself selected and, likewise, to give them credit, publicly, for their triumphs.

People talk about the middle of the road as though it were unacceptable. Actually, all human problems, excepting morals, come into the gray areas. Things are not all black and white. There have to be compromises. The middle of the road is all of the usable surface. The extremes, right and left, are in the gutters.

Together we must learn how to compose differences, not with arms, but with intellect and decent purpose.

To be true to one's own freedom is, in essence, to honor and respect the freedom of all others.

Firmness in support of fundamentals, with flexibility in tactics and methods, is the key to any hope of progress in negotiation.

Oh, that lovely title, ex-president.

I never saw a pessimistic general win a battle.