The greatest gifts my parents gave to me...were their unconditional love and a set of values.

The best leaders are those who break that mission down into the organization's constituent parts, so that everybody understands their role and how it all builds into the whole.

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier. I am talking about a gung-ho attitude that says 'we can change things here, we can achieve awesome goals, we can be the best. 'Spare me the grim litany of the 'realist;' give me the unrealistic aspirations of the optimist any day.

It is the US government's desire for the Iraqi people to lead themselves, not for any outside power to be the leadership for Iraq in the future. There may be some transition period where the international community would have to help the Iraqi people put in place a representative government. But that is the goal, not for the United States, or any other nation, for that matter, who might be in such a coalition, if one is formed, to serve as the leader of the Iraqi nation.

We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form of government.

I consider myself a moderate Republican. I have very, very moderate social views, and I'm pretty strong on, on defense matters.

When you wrestle with a pig, he has fun, and you just end up dirty.