"The president's personal staff has a unique..." - Quote by Colin Powell

“In terms of the legal matter of creating a contract between two people that's called marriage, and allowing them to live together with the protection of law, it seems to me is the way we should be moving in this country.”

“No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.”

“What could be more important than equipping the next generation with the character and competence they need to become successful”

“Your federal government needs your money so that it can perform vital services for you that you would not think up yourself in a million years.”

“War is like government, a matter of tact.”

“It may be long before the law of love will be recognised in international affairs. The machineries of government stand between and hide the hearts of one people from those of another.”

“And the whole Bush family, from Texas, should be boiled in poisoned oil.”

“My finely honed political instincts tell me that almost nobody believes that they should be paying higher taxes.”

“A radical is a man with both feet firmly planted-in the air.”