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The pursuit of approval usually ends in disaster.

Crises are part of life. Everybody has to face them, and it doesn't make any difference what the crisis is.

A long-term crisis, after a certain point, no longer seems like a crisis. It seems like the way things are.

Historical experience shows that a crisis causes either a recovery or catastrophic consequences.

In typical Washington fashion, nothing gets reformed until a disaster happens.

What one decides to do in crisis depends on one's philosophy of life, and that philosophy cannot be changed by an incident. If one hasn't any philosophy in crises, others make the decision.

Any kind of crisis can be good. It wakes you up.

If you ever face a significant disaster, do your best to keep up the spirits of those around you, act flexibly and creatively to help, try to sort rumors from truth, and remember that the decisions you make will have repercussions after the disaster has passed.

A threatened nation can react to uncertain dangers solely through administrative channels, to the truly embarrassing situation of perhaps overreacting.

This is a basic function of Congress to keep the government running. And so, what we ought not to do is play politics with those who have been affected by disasters.