Sir Alec Douglas-Home, when he was British Foreign Secretary, said he received the following telegram from an irate citizen: "To hell with you. Offensive letter follows."

Different regions may require different strategies, as President Bush has noted, but not different basic principles. It's either collective security or selective security.

We are all environmentalists now, but we are not all planetists. An environmentalist realizes that nature has its pleasures and deserves respect. A planetist puts the earth ahead of the earthlings.

No one flower can ever symbolize this nation. America is a bouquet.

The first ladyship is the only federal office in which the holder can neither be fired nor impeached.

Gridlock is great. My motto is, 'Don't just do something. Stand there.'

George Washington had a tough second term.