It is easy to get used to the morning news, habituated. But don't. The morning news is yours to alter.

Success is not about who never fails. It is about who can spring - or even stagger - back up.

When it came to the Vietnam War, Mr. McNamara was an early advocate of escalation but came to realize the flaws in the American approach earlier than many of his colleagues. Yet in public, he continued to defend the war.

International institutions are composed of governments. Governments control their own military forces and police.

Countries that intervene militarily rarely do so out of pure altruism.

I got into journalism not to be a journalist but to try to change American foreign policy. I'm a corny person. I was a dreamer predating my journalistic life, so I got into journalism as a means to try to change the world.

One of the things that a president needs in the face of genocide is resolve.