It has perhaps always been the case that the waging of peace is the hardest form of leadership of all.

Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.

[Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?

[To a woman whose cellphone rang during a formal meeting:] You'd better answer that. It could be someone important.

We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding what is impossible to keep.

To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts and deep sympathy. With the benefit of historical hindsight we can all see things which we would wish had been done differently or not at all.

It has perhaps always been the case that the waging of peace is the hardest form of leadership of all.