Before you get mugged by reality, take out an insurance policy.
He who walks in the middle of the road gets hit from both sides.
I learned in business that you had to be very careful when you told somebody that's working for you to do something, because the chances were very high he'd do it. In government, you don't have to worry about that.
I like the life of ideas and applying ideas to action.
If they are too big to fail, make them smaller.
Negotiations are a euphemism for capitulation if the shadow of power is not cast across the bargaining table.
Nothing ever gets settled in this town (Washington). It's not like running a company or even a university. It's a seething debating society, in which the debate never stops; in which people never give up, including me, and that's the atmosphere in which you administer.
Oh, you know. I am secretary of state. My trips aren't successful. I just talk to people.
Terrorism is not a matter that can be left to law enforcement, with its deliberative process, built-in delays, and safeguards that may let the prisoner go free on procedural grounds.
The higher the classification of secrecy, the quicker you will report it.
The minute you start talking about what you're going to do if you lose, you have lost.
The price of freedom is eternal vigilance and a willingness to act in its defense.
You've got to dream a little bit if you're going to get somewhere.
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