"The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice their choice!"

"The best morale exist when you never hear the word mentioned. When you hear a lot of talk about it, it's usually lousy."

"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist."

"We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it."

"I say the law should be blind to race, gender and sexual orientation, just as it claims to be blind to wealth and power. There should be no specially protected groups of any kind, except for children, the severely disabled and the elderly, whose physical frailty demands society's care."

"For all who love freedom and peace, the world without Saddam Hussein's regime is a better and safer place."

"A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people."

"Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it... You take diplomacy out of war, and the thing would fall flat in a week."