Henceforth the adequacy of any military establishment will be tested by its ability to preserve the peace.

90% of politicians give the other 10% a bad name.

One of the hardest things for the president is to distinguish the routine issues that come through from the essential issues that affect the long term, and not to let himself get sucked into the battles of the bureaucracy for marginal issues, and to keep them focused and to keep his mind clear on what the fundamental things are that he has to accomplish.

An expert is someone who articulates the needs of those in power.

We are doomed to coexist.

If a Chinese plane landed at Los Angeles Airport having just bought down an American military plane, he wouldn't be permitted to leave the next day. So then we developed a framework which should have been acceptable as a concept to the Chinese, namely to express regret for the loss of life and maintain our position that we had a right to fly these missions.

Every American president, regardless of party, has said that America has an intense interest in a peaceful resolution. And I think it should be left at that.