"Galvanized people can do careless things. It is in the extreme and emotion-laden moments that distance and coolness are most required. I am tempted to howl in rage. It is not my place to do so. My job..."
- George Friedman
"While you and I are allowed the luxury of our pain, president isn't. A president must take into account how his citizens feel and he must manage them and lead them, but he must not succumb to personal..."
"Presidents and other politicians manage the appearance of things, largely by manipulating the air and hope."
"The worst president is closer by nature to the best then either is to anyone who has not gone through what it requires to become president."
"A century is about events. A decade is about people."
"Secularism drew a radical distinction between public and private life, in which religion, in any traditional sense, was relegated to the private sphere with no hold over public life. There are many ch..."
"A president must know what it is he does not know, and he should remain calm in pursuit of it, but there is no obligation to be honest about it."
"The reality is that the American people have no desire for an empire. This is not to say that they don't want the benefits, both economic and strategic. It simply means that they don't want to pay the..."