The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.

What political leaders decide, intelligence services tend to seek to justify.

The problem is Russia is a country that has lost 300 years of its history, in terms of most of what was part of the Russian Empire in Europe, towards Europe, since Peter the Great, has been the territory that is no longer under Russian rule.

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

Our nation is uniquely endowed to play a creative and decisive role in the new order which is taking form around us.

Intelligence is not all that important in the exercise of power, and is often, in point of fact, useless.

Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.