I have always thought of myself as a Czechoslovak Catholic.

I was taught to strive not because there were any guarantees of success but because the act of striving is in itself the only way to keep faith with life.

To put it mildly, the world is a mess.

There is plenty of room in the world for mediocre men but there is no room for mediocre women.

Leaders are made by the situations they are involved in. I think that some rise to the occasion and some do not.

The best book, like the best speech, will do it all - make us laugh, think, cry and cheer - preferably in that order.

Armageddon is not a foreign policy.