I don't read books, I write them.

Any fact that needs to be disclosed should be put out now or as quickly as possible, because otherwise the bleeding will not end.

It is an act of insanity and national humiliation to have a law prohibiting the President from ordering assassination.

We cannot always assure the future of our friends; we have a better chance of assuring our future if we remember who our friends are.

Even a paranoid can have enemies.

Taiwan will probably not declare independence. The question isn't independence. The issue is whether Taiwan will declare itself as a sovereign separate state. That will start a huge crisis if that happens.

We have to be careful in negotiating with Iran that we don't create the impression among the Arab states and the Sunni states that we are working on a condominium between Iran and the United States, because that will panic them and drive them into making their own arrangement.