A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.
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Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.
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Above all, this country is our own. Nobody has to get up in the morning and worry what his neighbors think of him. Being a Jew is no problem here.
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Arab sovereignty in Jerusalem just cannot be. This city will not be divided-not half and half, not 60-40, not 75-25, nothing.
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As President Nixon says, presidents can do almost anything, and President Nixon has done many things that nobody would have thought of doing.
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Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself.
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Being seventy is not a sin.
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Don't be humble... you're not that great.
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Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.
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Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys.
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I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome.


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