The media only report stupid or careless answers, not stupid or unfair questions.

Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.

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.

But you have to understand, American democracy is not like the system you have. We're not an ocean liner that sails across the ocean from point A to point B at 30 knots. That's not American democracy. American democracy is kind of like a life raft that bobs around the ocean all the time. Your feet are always wet. Winds are always blowing. You're cold. You're wet. You're uncomfortable -- but you never sink.

I think you can improve on that natural ability with training and exposure to great leaders of the past and to management theories.

Our strategy in going after this army is very simple. First we are going to cut it off, and then we are going to kill it.

The United States is looking at a way to launch peace with a disarmed Iraq. And so we are studying the declaration that Iraq submitted. Other members of the security council are studying the declaration, as is Unmovic and IAEA, and I would not make a judgment as to whether or not the declaration will be found deficient and whether or not that might lead to a material breach and whether or not, if it did, that would lead to action on the part of the United Nations.