There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.

I have always held the view that decisive force should be used in addressing a military conflict. The reason is simple: Why wouldn't you, if you could?

We are rather candid with them about the nature of their political processes and the state of development of their institutions, but they are looking to the West because they know that's where success lies.

Ambition and hatred are enough to bring Iraq and al Qaeda together.

You can't make someone else's choices. You shouldn't let someone else make yours.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it' is the slogan of the complacent, the arrogant or the scared. It's an excuse for inaction, a call to non-arms.