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
The only peace that can be made with a dictator is once that must be based on deterrence. For today, the dictator may be your friend, but tomorrow he will need you as an enemy. – Natan Sharansky
When I was in the White House, I was confronted with the challenge of the Cold War. Both the Soviet Union and I had 30,000 nuclear weapons that could destroy the entire earth and I had to maintain the peace. – Jimmy Carter
It’s important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to the friendship that we are not. – Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic’s Notebook, 1960
Ive done a lot of things in a business where youre lucky to stay alive, so when the time comes, Ill be happy to pass my knowledge along and help someone else. – Felix Baumgartner
