"I'm not a man who believes in wasting words. I get straight to the point."

"Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it."

"Extremes in either direction, whether in politics or in personal conduct, are rarely productive."

"I have met the enemy, and he is us."

"I can't tell you how many times I've walked down a street and someone has said, 'Hey, general, how's the war going?' And I've had to say, 'I don't know, I'm just the President.'"