ANTHONY LAKE

A policy needs a clear goal.

Every four years, presidents claim more than they have accomplished; opponents portray alternative policies in terms that can only later lead to disillusion.

When you make a proposal [to your allies], you've got to make it stick.

This is not just our battle. It is an issue for opinion makers outside the government, it is a battle for the Congress—to keep making the distinction between the immediate and the important.

This is not just our battle. It is an issue for opinion makers outside the government, it is a battle for the Congress—to keep making the distinction between the immediate and the important.

A policy needs a clear goal.

When you make a proposal [to your allies], you've got to make it stick.

Every four years, presidents claim more than they have accomplished; opponents portray alternative policies in terms that can only later lead to disillusion.