I don't think we handled the aftermath of the fall of Baghdad as well as we might have. But that's now history.

It's nice to say let's be bipartisan. But we're a partisan nation. We were raised as a partisan nation.

You can be sure that the American spirit will prevail over this tragedy.

We now believe it is appropriate for Saddam Hussein to be forced to change, either by the threat of war, and therefore that compels him to cooperate. If he cooperates, then the basis of changed regime policy has shifted because his regime has, in fact, changed its policy to one of cooperation. So if he cooperates, then that is different than if he does not cooperate.

You need to learn what people have done, but you need to learn where they have failed... Usually when they fail it is in the execution.

Have a vision; but it's not enough to have a vision, you have to communicate that vision to others. You have to communicate it to people who work with you and for you. You have to communicate it to the world leaders with whom you come in touch.

Wouldn't it be great if we could look forward to a whole world in which no child will be left behind?