The United States stands willing to work with a transformed Palestinian Authority with new leaders coming to the front.

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?

I regret that the presentation I made at the UN turned out to be wrong. It was wrong on the stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction, but pretty much right on intentions and capabilities.

Each of us must work to become a hardheaded realist, or else we risk wasting our time and energy on pursuing impossible dreams. Yet constant naysayers pursue no less impossible dreams. Their fear and cynicism move nothing forward. They kill progress. How many cynics built empires, great cities, or powerful corporations?

With vision only, you get no follow-through. With enforcers only, the vision is realized but leaves a lot of wreckage.

It is good if your enemy underestimates you. The dumber they think you are the more surprised they are when you kill them.

Don't just count your days, make your days count.