“Being on the inside could be an addiction”

“It is difficult to trust someone not raised to doctrine.”

“They loved the sound of their own voices. No decision would be reached anytime soon.”

“In spite of his Cold War credentials, Kennedy still believed in the power of words.”

“In a crisis, time was always the enemy.”

“Better to wait actively than passively.”

“Stories are "how we organize the chaos of experience into the order we require just a carry-on." Joan Gideon”

“Time after time during the next six months, he would put me together again.”

“There are mornings when, from the first ray of light seized upon by the eye, and the first simple sounds that get inside the head, the heart is convinced that it is existing in rhythm to a kind of ...”

“If you are interested in equality at all costs, you should never have gone looking for your power in the first place. Holding authority with integrity is more important than making others feel good.”

“If you want to get good in Leadership, you probably should start reading the bible.”

“I dont see myself being special; I just see myself having more responsibilities than the next man. People look to me to do things for them, to have answers.”

“Ambassadors are the eye and ear of states.”

“Peace commerce and honest friendship with all nations - entangling alliances with none.”

“'Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world - as far I mean as we are now at liberty to do it.”