Good and solid analysis and a formal way of looking at a problem [are the core ingredients of good decisions].

In terms of the legal matter of creating a contract between two people that's called marriage, and allowing them to live together with the protection of law, it seems to me is the way we should be moving in this country.

Time is passing, ... We have to look at the reality of the situation and ... redouble our efforts and get on with it.

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

Generally you should act somewhere between P40 and P70, as I call it. Sometime after you have obtained 40 percent of all the information you are liable to get, start thinking in terms of making a decision. When you have about 70 percent of all the information, you probably ought to decide, because you may lose an opportunity in losing time.

Terrorism really flourishes in areas of poverty, despair and hopelessness, where people see no future

The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced - the just demands of peace and security will be met - or action will be unavoidable. And a regime that has lost its legitimacy will also lose its power.