I'm not sure leaders listen enough, especially to their people. And I've always thought in everything I've tried to do in my life, in the jobs I've had, is that if we can turn our transmitters off and our receivers on more often, we're better leaders and we know more of what is going on and therefore we can lead more effectively.

Institutions are imperfect. Governments surely are. People are.

Peace comes through dealing with people. Peace doesn't come at the end of a bayonet or the end of a gun.

History has shown that a country most effectively speaks with one voice. When nationally elected officials work together, build consensus, and provide leadership, the American people will follow.

Desperate men do desperate things when you take hope away. And that's where the Palestinians are today.

We must prepare for everything.

You can't just drop the 82nd Airborne into Baghdad and it will all be over.