A bully has no respect for a weakling and the way to stop a bully is not to be weak. The way to stop a bully from ever being a bully is to say: "I'm as strong as you. Anything you do to me, I can do to you." We are going for nuclear and conventional disarmament but we're going about it in the right way.

To be free is better than to be unfree – always. Any politician who suggests the opposite should be treated as suspect.

I wasn't lucky. I deserved it.

When you stop a dictator, there are always risks. But there are greater risks in not stopping a dictator.

Hope is no basis for a defense policy.

How thin is the crust of order over the fires of human appetite and the lust for naked power.

Socialists have always spent much of their time seeking new titles for their beliefs, because the old versions so quickly become outdated and discredited.