We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.

Let us be sure that those who come after will say of us in our time, that in our time we did everything that could be done. We finished the race we kept them free we kept the faith.

No matter what time it is, wake me, even if it's in the middle of a Cabinet meeting.

Trust, but verify.

History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.