He believed that rank without power was a sham.

Everything interested him and everything excited him.

William McKinley was a man made to be managed.

What other country has had the privilege of making the world's heart beat faster?

Diplomacy's primary law: LEAVE ROOM FOR NEGOTIATION.

The art of oratory was considered part of the equipment of a statesman.

The author says one patrician English leader saw his relationship with the populace thusly: He wasn't responsible TO them. He was responsible FOR them. He was responsible for their care.

A minister's (cabinet member's) function was not to DO the work but to see that it got done.

Duty was not untinged by ambition.

Britain had an air of careless supremacy which GALLED her neighbors.

Even his own speeches bored him.

An hour later. the moon reflected its light on the Tigris as well. The sun, the moon, and Fatima. What else could I ask for?

When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe. -John Muir, naturalist, explorer, and writer (1838-1914)

Just a shower. If you want me to stay on the opposite side, I will. I won’t kiss. I won’t touch.”Echo flashes that siren smile. “What if I want to kiss you?”“You’re trying to kill me, aren’t you?

If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.

Entertainment is the greatest socializing force in the world.

It is very difficult to tell Americans that they can't do something.

For a brave man deserves a well-endowed girl.

What if there's no such thing as PMS and this is just my personality?

God descends to the humble as waters flow down from the hills into the valleys.

Non-citizen terrorist suspects are not members of the American national community, and they have no proper claim on the rights Americans accord one another.