Much of what we know about mathematics and trade comes from the Arabs. Then came stagnation, and now they're the West's whipping boy. This is a problem that cannot be solved overnight, and certainly not militarily.

The Iraqis need help establishing a government. We have to provide them with security.

Saddam's ouster will not necessarily lead to the same result, since Iraq lacks democratic traditions. Democracy doesn't just consist of holding elections.

The radical elements in Islam are very dangerous.

The art of diplomacy is to take an opportunity and turn it into something.

You know, different people are going to react different ways. And I don't think we should be intolerable because people do things a little differently.

But, if you believe we should go around the world overturning regimes to make little United States, I don't agree with that, because I don't think we're capable of doing that.