Patton would have said a warmer goodbye to his horse, The author writes on Eisenhower's cold dismissal of his wartime lover.

Jealousy knows no logic, nor does it respect reciprocity.

Eisenhower on Patton: "Fundamentally, he is so avid for recognition as a great commander that he won't with ruthlessly suppress any habit that will jeopardize it.

The loneliness of command had made Eisenhower emotionally self-sufficient.

The beauty of the present and the future can only be seen by those who are willing to let go of the past.

The longer a nation's history, the more wars, invasions, wanderings, and periods of captivity it has seen-the greater the diversity of its faces.

As a child, I disliked books in which children learned to be 'better' children.

I do really crazy things all the time, but I can't think of anything offhand

There is no shame in impulse.

For the first 10 years of my life in Congress, I had been too timid to tell the truth as I saw it. In a way I had betrayed my trust.

We should remind ourselves that laughing together is as close as you can get to another person without touching, and sometimes it represents a closer tie than touching ever could.

America's image throughout the world is very bad.

If you think you are beaten you are, if you think you dare not, you don't. If you like to win, but you think you can't, it is almost certain you won't.

Something about your life always makes its way into your stories. Thats just the nature of the beast.