Time is valuable; people are busy.

You know, when a president is about to leave office, most of the time most people are dying for him to go on and get out of there. But there are a few little rituals that have to be observed. One of them is that the president must host the incoming president in the White House, smile as if they love each other and give the American people the idea that democracy is peaceful and honourable and there will be a good transfer of power

On a normal day, we value heroism because it is uncommon. On Sept. 11, we valued heroism because it was everywhere.

A runner's stride is not perfectly efficient.

You must get courageous men, men of strong views and let them debate and argue with each other.

Dwight Eisenhower was candid in private, but he was circumspect in public.

Lyndon Johnson realized he really was President, that his identity had changed by President Kennedy's shocking death, when aides who had been like family to him minutes before, stood in his presence on Air Force One.