The language of politics is poetry, not prose. Jackson is poetry. Cuomo is poetry. Dukakis is a word processor.

The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire.

The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word "crisis." One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity.

My strong point, if I have a strong point, is performance. I always do more than I say. I always produce more than I promise.

Peace is the real and right memorial for those who have died in war.

The more you stay in this kind of job, the more you realize that a public figure, a major public figure, is a lonely man.

The only way to achieve a practical, livable peace in a world of competing nations is to take the profit out of war.