Bogging down large armies in historically complex, dangerous areas ends in disaster.

History has shown that a country most effectively speaks with one voice. When nationally elected officials work together, build consensus, and provide leadership, the American people will follow.

If America is to succeed in responding to these 21st Century challenges, our political system cannot continue to bog down in the mire of partisan gamesmanship.

Politics or ideology must not get in the way of sound planning.

You can't just drop the 82nd Airborne into Baghdad and it will all be over.

Foreign policy will require a strategic agility that, whenever possible, gets ahead of problems, strengthens U.S. security and alliances, and promotes American interests and credibility.

Engagement is not appeasement. Engagement is not surrender.

Alliances and international organizations should be understood as opportunities for leadership and a means to expand our influence, not as constraints on our power.

I took an oath of office to the Constitution, I didn't take an oath of office to my party or my president.

And this - this board was - was impanelled in 1951. And it's gone through ups and downs in how the secretaries have used it. But I have put a premium on that advisory board.

Peace comes through dealing with people. Peace doesn't come at the end of a bayonet or the end of a gun.

Shine forth your light before all beings.

When we give government the power to make medical decisions for us, we in essence accept that the state owns our bodies.

[B]eauty is one of the things that make you cry and so maybe beauty is always tied up in tears.

I want to be acknowledged as not just a pretty idol who sings and dances on stage, but as an artist

Call not that man wretched, who whatever ills he suffers, has a child to love.

I want to be a positive force in the world, I would like to make people happy.

I just keep working on things I like, and hope for the best. I hope people enjoy them.

Eve, I know this continues to astound and baffle you, but I actually like to socialize." "I know. If it wasn't for that, you'd be perfect.

Ten years before Matrix, ten years before Crouching Tiger - I wanted to do a Hong Kong action movie.

Of course, history is only a muddle of facts and a fuddle of professors, and anyone who thinks it is one clear voice saying "Arise, sir Knight" deserves a life sentence in Camelot.