I often thought that if there had been a good rap group around in those days, I might have chosen a career in music instead of politics.

As far as I am concerned now, I have no enemies in the press whatsoever.

I would not like to be a political leader in Russia. They never know when they're being taped.

Our peaceful borders and our peaceful history are important symbols, to be sure. What they symbolize, however, is the spirit of respect and restraint which allow us to cooperate, despite our differences, in way which help us both.

The easiest period in a crisis situation is actually the battle itself. The most difficult is the period of indecision - whether to fight or run away. And the most dangerous period is the aftermath. It is then, with all his resources spent and his guard down, that an individual must watch out for dulled reactions and faulty judgment.

There are some people, you know, they think the way to be a big man is to shout and stomp and raise hell-and then nothing ever really happens. I'm not like that I never shoot blanks.

Unless a president can protect the privacy of the advice he gets, he cannot get the advice he needs.