"There is no happiness for people at the expense of other people."

"Russians can give you arms but only the United States can give you a solution."

"Fear is, I believe, a most effective tool in destroying the soul of an individual - and the soul of a people."

"Peace is much more precious than a piece of land... let there be no more wars."

"I have faith the men and women of the Coast Guard will immediately rise to the challenge and see the people hit by Katrina through until the storm has truly calmed."

"I desire an special interest in your prayers that my faith fail not in the day of adversity."

"First and foremost I am a commercial writer, and I hope to entertain people. But having said that, I'm in love with the relationship between humans and dogs, and the more I learned about what our military working dogs are doing, I wanted to at least share with people what an important role these animals have in all our lives."

"You hope people are going to be listening to you after you're gone. And they like you better after you're gone."