May Every Day Be A New Beginning,

One Hundred Nations In The Un Have Not Agreed With Us On Just About Everything That's Come Before Them, Where We're Involved, And It Didn't Upset My Breakfast At All.

The Despicable North Korean Attack In Rangoon Deprived Us Of Trusted Advisers And Friends. So Many Of Those Who Died Had Won Admirers In America As They Studied With Us Or Guided Us With Their Counsel. I Personally Recall The Wisdom And Composure Of Foreign Minister Lee, With Whom I Met In Washington Just A Few Short Months Ago. To The Families And Countrymen Of All Those Who Were Lost, America Expresses Its Deep Sorrow.

My Philosophy And My Belief Was That There Was A Long Way For Us To Go In Improving What We Had Ever Known Before, That This Country Of Ours Was A Country Of Constant Improvement. And So I Thought That, Well, What My Whole Approach Was Based On The Promise Of A Better America.

If You Can't Summarize An Issue On One Page, You Don't Understand The Issue Well Enough.

I Have Learned That One Of The Most Important Rules In Politics Is Poise - Which Means Looking Like An Owl After You Have Behaved Like A Jackass.