Some years ago I became president of Columbia University and learned within 24 hours to be ready to speak at the drop of a hat, and I learned something more, the trustees were expected to be ready to speak at the passing of the hat.
There's no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back to the way they were.
It is far more important to be able to hit the target than it is to haggle over who makes a weapon or who pulls a trigger.
If a problem cannot be solved, enlarge it.
Well, when you come down to it, I don't see that a reporter could do much to a president, do you?
When people speak to you about a preventive war, you tell them to go and fight it. After my experience, I have come to hate war.