If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure.

I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change.

I deserve respect for the things I did not do.

The future will be better tomorrow.

I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future.

It's a question of whether we're going to go forward into the future, or past to the back.

It's a very good historical book about history.

The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. I mean in this century's history. But we all lived in this century. I didn't live in this century.

People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.

It's time for the human race to enter the solar system.

I do have a political agenda. It's to have as few regulations as possible.

You do the policy, I'll do the politics.

The thing is, if you control the Senate meetings, you control the gavel. And the gavel is a very important instrument... an instrument of power. An instrument that establishes the agenda.

I spend a great deal of time with the President. We have a very close, personal, loyal relationship. I'm not, as they say, a potted plant in these meetings.

For NASA, space is still a high priority.

Space is almost infinite. As a matter of fact, we think it is infinite.

The other day the President said, I know you've had some rough times, and I want to do something that will show the nation what faith that I have in you, in your maturity and sense of responsibility. He paused, then said, would you like a puppy?

Bobby Knight told me this: 'There is nothing that a good defense cannot beat a better offense.' In other words a good offense wins.