Don't let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.

I am confident that we will find evidence that makes it clear he had weapons of mass destruction.

Being in charge sometimes means making people mad. Some days you have to overrule even the best advice, because you think it is not right.

Whenever you start-give it your best. The opportunities are there to be anything you want to be. But wanting to be someone isn't enough; dreaming about it isn't enough; thinking about it isn't enough. You've got to study for it, work for it, fight for it with all your heart and soul, because nobody is going to hand it to you.

Always do your best. Somebody is watching you.

President Kennedy didn't negotiate out of the Cuban missile crisis simply because he and Khrushchev got along well. Khrushchev didn't have the cards.

Pissing people off doesn't mean you're doing the right things, but doing the right things will almost inevitably piss people off.