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The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.

One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.

Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president.

Death is something inevitable. When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace. I believe I have made that effort and that is, therefore, why I will sleep for the eternity.

You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Weak people revenge. Strong people forgive. Intelligent People Ignore.

A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open.

Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would do this, it would change the earth.

A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It's a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity.

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.

A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers.

For the dead and the living, we must bear witness.

To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.

I was ripped from my body, I was less than spirit, less than the meanest ghost . . . but still, I was alive.