It is a very difficult job, being the servant of two masters.
If peace is equated simply with the absence of war, it can become abject pacifism that turns the world over to the most ruthless.
It is not a matter of what is true that counts, but a matter of what is perceived to be true.
We cannot give Russia veto over deployment of forces on NATO territory. But we have to understand their particular sensitivities, and, therefore, there should be a dialogue on these issues.
Clearly security without values is like a ship without a rudder. But values without security are like a rudder without a ship.
Superstars strive for approbation; heroes walk alone. Superstars crave consensus; heroes define themselves by the judgment of a future they see it as their task to bring about. Superstars seek success in a technique for eliciting support; heroes pursue success as the outgrowth of inner values.
America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests
I am trying to find myself. Sometimes that's not easy.
I ask the citizens of this Republic whether such a state of things is to be suffered to pass unnoticed, and the hearts of widows, orphans, and patriots to be broken, and their wrongs left without redress? No! I invoke the genius of our Constitution. I appeal to the patriotism of Americans to stop this unlawful and unholy procedure; and pray that God may defend this nation from the dreadful effects of such outrages.
If we fall into the trap of painting all Muslims with a broad brush and imply that we are at war with an entire religion, then we are doing the terrorists' work for them.
It is very beautiful over there. (last words)