It's not appeasement to talk to your enemies.

You don't need to know who's playing on the White House tennis court to be a good president

Never let the other fellow set the agenda.

WE MADE A MONSTER OF HITLER, A DEVIL. THAT IS WHY (THEREFORE) WE COULD NOT AFTER THE WAR SAY OTHERWISE. WE HAD PERSONALLY MOBILISED THE MASSES NEVERTHELESS AGAINST THE DEVIL. THUS WE WERE FORCED AFTER THE WAR, TO PLAY ALONG WITH THIS DEVILS' SCENARIO. WE COULD NOT POSSIBLY HAVE MADE OUR PEOPLE CLEAR (TO THEM) THAT THE WAR WAS ONLY AN ECONOMIC PREVENTATIVE MEASURE!

If you're not gonna pull the trigger, don't point the gun.

Machines are neither Republicans nor Democrats and therefore can never be consciously or even unconsciously biased.

Sometimes an active policy is best advanced by doing nothing until the right time - or never.