I played by the rules of politics as I found them.

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.

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.

The communists have lost the cold war, but the west has not yet won it.

Success is not a harbor but a voyage with its own perils to the spirit ... The lesson that most of us on this voyage never learn, but can never quite forget, is that to win is sometimes to lose.

Unpredictability is the greatest asset a leader can have.

Peace is a great goal, but it is not a panacea. Neither is material wealth.