“ He is able to put aside personal feelings and see the broad strokes. Experience counts in these things. Geraldine Brooks
“ Intelligence analysts should be self-conscious about their reasoning processes. They should think about how they make judgments and reach conclusions, not just about the judgments and conclusions them… Richard Heuer
“ He was always acting, always enveloping himself in artificiality, perhaps to conceal the volcano within. Barbara W. Tuchman
“ One must always keep the tools of statecraft sharp and ready. Power and fear – sharp and ready. Frank Herbert
“ Deceit is a tool of statecraft, Irulan agreed.There are limits to power, as those who put their hopes in a constitution always discover, Paul said. Frank Herbert
“ Confronted by menace or what is perceived as menace, governments will usually attempt to smash it, rarely to examine it, understand it, and drefine it. Barbara W. Tuchman
“ If soldiering did not interest him, the soldiers themselves were another matter. He loved to sit with the men and draw out their first-hand stories of past campaigns. Geraldine Brooks
“ No one sits, as you do, so close to a king, who does not begin to grasp how the levers of power work, and the cost of the oil that must grease them. Geraldine Brooks
