An Iranian moderate is one who has run out of ammunition.

Create the impression of endless willingness to compromise and you almost invite deadlines. That's the challenge we now have in North Korea and have had in North Korea for 10 years. In this sense, diplomacy and foreign policy and other elements of political activity have to be closely linked and have to be understood by the negotiators

If it's going to come out eventually, better have it come out immediately.

You know, this is a very strange phenomenon. I keep reading that in American newspapers, and I keep reading extensive speculations. I meet with the Chinese leaders periodically, and while I don't say they've endorsed the missile shield, it has not been in the forefront of their discussions.

Leaders must invoke an alchemy of great vision.

If you do not know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere

Don't be too ambitious. Do the most important thing you can think of doing every year and then your career will take care of itself.