Our people expect their President and the Congress to find essential agreement on issues of great moment, the wise resolution of which will better shape the future of the Nation.

I have always believed in evolving a consensus before taking any major decision.

I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.

Good and decent people must be protected and persuaded by gentle means, but the rabble must be led by terror.

But I noted with real satisfaction how well ex-footballers seemed to have leadership qualifications... I believe that football, perhaps more than any other sport, tends to instill in men the feeling that victory comes through hard - almost slavish - work, team play, self-confidence, and an enthusiasm that amounts to dedication.

My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty . . . it is worse executed by two persons, and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein.