Never say no when a client asks for something, even if it is the moon. You can always try, and anyhow there is plenty of time afterwards to explain that it was not possible.

Castro couldn't even go to the bathroom unless the Soviet Union put the nickel in the toilet.

The student who invades an administration building, roughs up a dean, rifles the files and issues 'non-negotiable demands' may have some of his demands met by a permissive university administration. But the greater his 'victory' the more he will have undermined the security of his own rights.

With all the power that a president has, the most important thing to bear in mind is this: You must not give power to a man unless, above everything else, he has character. Character is the most important qualification the president of the United States can have.

The ultimate test of a nation's character is not how it responds to adversity in war but how it meets the challenge of peace.

A public man must never forget that he loses his usefulness when he as an individual, rather than his policy, becomes the issue.

I have a theory, too, that the best and only answer to a smear or to an honest misunderstanding of the facts is to tell the truth