[While] we are all anxious to see restraint ... We understand it's important to get the terror down -- if terror goes down, then the response to terror will no longer be required.

is very anxious to meet with me so we can talk about next steps, how we move forward from this current situation to get back to discussions that would lead to a negotiating summit.

Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position goes, your ego goes with it.

Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.

War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support.

Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand.