Freedon succeeds from the moment people stop looking to others to improve their lives and start taking responsibility.

Hate, emotionalism, and frustration are not policies.

We live in an image society. Speeches are not what anybody cares about; what they care about is the picture.

The stunning part was that one time Neil McElroy the Secretary of Defense who was the father of one of our classmates spoke and basically at commencement, he told us all that our job after graduation was to get married and have interesting sons...and we all found that hard to believe.

As you go along your own road in life, you will, if you aim high enough, also meet resistance... But no matter how tough the opposition may seem, have courage still and persevere.

If you look at my life, generally, I've been put in situations which were difficult and which I conquered.

I think that the Middle East is the largest piece of unfinished business that we all have. I happen to believe in the democratization process.