As I've thought about gay marriage, I don't see any reason not to say that [couples] should be able to get married.

Change of regime with respect to Iraq had nothing to do with this; it had everything to do with the fact that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. And at the time change in regime as a policy came into effect in 1998, it was seen as the only way to compel Iraq to get rid of its weapons of mass destruction.

Foe means enemy. Now, will we have differences of opinion with the Russians? Yes. Will they get mad at us from time to time, and we get mad at them? That's part of the normal diplomatic relations.

Every organization should tolerate rebels who tell the emperor he has no clothes

Policies that emanate from ivory towers often have an adverse impact on the people out in the field who are fighting the wars or bringing in the revenues.

You don't know what you can get away with until you try.

People get work done, not buildings, not staffs in a generic sense, and not plans, but people