Presidents and Lyndon Johnson was really no exception, very rapidly learned the difference between a contingency plan and an authorized act.

Although war is evil, it is occasionally the lesser of two evils.

Well, it is alarming to have a president [Reagan] who doesn't know what he is doing.

Vietnam, really more accurately, Laos, was almost after Berlin the top problem at the beginning of the Kennedy Administration in '61, foreign problem.

There is nearly always uh, a process of wanting contingency plans made in the military.

...certain people have good, ordinary blood and others have an animated, lively sort of blood that comes to the face quickly.

If you believe that some opinions are in fact better than others, then you, too, are an elitist of sorts.

I am not built for academic writings. Action is my domain.

Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.

The annual output of carbon emissions is 25 billion tonnes and Global Cool's goal is to reduce it by one billion tonnes a year.

Money does not corrupt people. What corrupts people is lack of affection ... Money is simply the bandage which wounded people put over their wounds.

Drinking was a big help with me making music, because drinking gives you courage. But it also makes you reckless, and that's the trouble.

The knighthood I received was a fantastic honour but it's not something I've ever used and I don't think I ever will.

I have the consolation of having added nothing to my private fortune during my public service, and of retiring with hands clean as they are empty.

Beauty's easy. Modeling is not just about being pretty.