I like beer
My focus now is to be the best justice I can be.
The Senate confirmation process was contentious and emotional.
The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didn’t betray it I’d be ashamed of myself.
The reason why there is now no communist government in Paris is because in the circumstances of 1945 the Soviet army was not able to reach French soil.
I hope my own children never have to fight a war.
When I read Paris Post-Modernist talk…what I see is intellectuals interacting with one another in ways which are incomprehensible to the public and, to be frank, incomprehensible to me.
I do not want to be controlled by any superpower. I myself consider myself the most powerful figure in the world, and that is why I do not let any superpower control me.
People are always teaching us democracy but the people who teach us democracy don’t want to learn it themselves.
Lebanon was under Israeli occupation, up to its capital, but we did not consider that a disaster. Why? Because it was very clear that there are ways to resist.
Of course all such conclusions about appropriate actions against the rich and powerful are based on a fundamental flaw: This is us, and that is them. This crucial principle, deeply embedded in Western culture, suffices to undermine even the most precise analogy and the most impeccable reasoning.
No one’s asked me. If somebody felt there was a job I could actually do I would consider it — not out of any ambition to be in Washington, but I do want to rise to the occasion of serving there if warranted.
We don’t let them have ideas. Why would we let them have guns?
Visit with your predecessors from previous Administrations. They know the ropes and can help you see around some corners. Try to make original mistakes, rather than needlessly repeating theirs.
I discovered, for the first time but not the last, that politicians don’t care too much what things cost. It’s not their money.
Our military might is the guarantor of Russia’s security and independence.
Nobody should have any illusion about the possibility of gaining military superiority over Russia. We will never allow this to happen.
KGB, collapsed. Of course it was incredibly difficult to go through this. After all, most of my life had been devoted to work in the agencies. But I had made my choice.
