Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer is "no." That's not America.

Organization doesn't really accomplish anything. Plans don't accomplish anything, either. Theories of management don't much matter. Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved. Only by attracting the best people will you accomplish great deeds.

The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.

When we have dealt with bin Laden and his network we will then broaden the campaign to go after other terrorists all around the world.

Leaders have followers. The primary role of a leader is to convey to those followers a sense of purpose, vision, and mission.

It is the fault of the United States that these terrible people, these insurgents and terrorists are out there. They are the ones that we ought to be focusing our energy on defeating and not just wring our hands about the fact that it's going to be difficult.

It is the US government's desire for the Iraqi people to lead themselves, not for any outside power to be the leadership for Iraq in the future. There may be some transition period where the international community would have to help the Iraqi people put in place a representative government. But that is the goal, not for the United States, or any other nation, for that matter, who might be in such a coalition, if one is formed, to serve as the leader of the Iraqi nation.