The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been. The public does not fully understand the world into which it is going. Leaders must invoke an alchemy of great vision. Those leaders who do not are ultimately judged failures, even though they may be popular at the moment.

Who controls the food supply controls the people; who controls the energy can control whole continents; who controls money can control the world.

Whenever a new president comes in, people that are used to the previous president wonder if he has the same capacity.

It is always easy to divide the world into idealists and power-oriented people. The idealists are presumed to be the noble people, and the power-oriented people are the ones that cause all the world's trouble.

Would food be considered an instrument of national power? ... Is the U.S. prepared to accept food rationing to help people who can't/won't control their population growth?

I have always expressed respect for those people who make public declarations.

Democracy is too important to leave up to the votes of the people.