I would sit and talk to any president who wishes to talk to me, but I'm not anxious to rule it in.

Even the greatest of all strategists must occasionally take into account the presence of an enemy.

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

The most effective means of ensuring the government's accountability to the people is an aggressive, free, challenging, untrusting press.

Keep looking below surface appearances. Don't shrink from doing so just because you might not like what you find.

I think whether you're having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude.

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.