“There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.”

“There can't be a crisis next week, my schedule is already full.”

“If Tehran insists on combining the Persian imperial tradition with contemporary Islamic fervor, then a collision with America — and, indeed, with its negotiating partners of the Six — is unavoidable. Iran simply cannot be permitted to fulfill a dream of imperial rule in a region of such importance to the rest of the world.”

“I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850.”

“Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God”

“Don't be too ambitious. Do the most important thing you can think of doing every year and then your career will take care of itself.”

“Every victory is only the price of admission to a more difficult problem”