One of the things about leadership is that youve got to show up. And if you want to be president of the United States youve got to make a case to the American people that Barack Obama needs to be dismissed from his position. – Tim Pawlenty
When trouble arises and things look bad, there is always one individual who perceives a solution and is willing to take command. Very often, that person is crazy. – Dave Barry, "Things That It Took Me 50 Years to Learn"
This also turned out to be negative, so there is no material in the Central Intelligence Agency, either in the records or in the mind of any of the individuals, that there was any contact had or even contemplated with him. – Richard M. Helms
The television, that insidious beast, that Medusa which freezes a billion people to stone every night, staring fixedly, that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little. – Ray Bradbury, The Golden Apples of the Sun
Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except as a means of peace. – Ulysses S. Grant