Decision making in a democracy depends above all on knowledge and not just the intel available to presidents and policymakers.

For the truly faithful, no miracle is necessary. For those who doubt, no miracle is sufficient.

You must get courageous men, men of strong views and let them debate and argue with each other.

The challenge was that it was harder to be subtle than strident.

Illusions are the truths we live by until we know better.

I would like to see every newspaper and every magazine have a network of bureaus all over the world, gathering news.

Americas presidents tend to die young. Maybe it is in the nature of the men who reach such heights, or of the job once they attain it.

Time is valuable; people are busy.

If Heaven is willing to sing to us, it is little to ask that we be ready to listen.

Dwight Eisenhower was candid in private, but he was circumspect in public.

On a normal day, we value heroism because it is uncommon. On Sept. 11, we valued heroism because it was everywhere.

Why would you ever premedicate honesty? To hesitate is to overthink how you feel. A blurted out answer is usually the most genuine.

To us Germans everything is religion. What we do we do not merely with our hands and brains, but with our hearts and souls. This has often become a tragic fate for us.

As soon as you externalize an idea you see facets of it that weren't clear when it was just floating around in your head.

You have to keep your eyes and heart open - there are always new things to discover, new problems to solve.

We often boast that we are never bored; but yet we are so conceited that we do not perceive how often we bore others.

I will tell you the story of how we found ourselves in a realm where dreams are formed, destiny is chosen, and magic is as real as a handprint in the snow.

To offer women something that feels more about investing in something and less about being disposable is a complete corrective to the world we live in

Marriage is a triumph of habit over hate.

My inspiration is my hometown.