We remain at peace with all nations, and no efforts on my part consistent with the preservation of our rights and the honor of the country shall be spared to maintain a position so consonant to our institutions. – Martin Van Buren
Leadership is about doing what you know is right – even when a growing din of voices around you is trying to convince you to accept what you know to be wrong. – Robert. L. Ehrlich
I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing. – Agatha Christie