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

You can't get it all done yourself. The best leaders are not afraid of picking people who are better than they are and who may one day replace them.

You have to comply, you have to obey - or you'd better resign and leave. But that is also the mark of a great leader - somebody who, in the presence of inner conflict, will do the right thing.

How often have we seen politicians take a principle position only to give it up three days later? That is what makes democracy so fascinating.

The person who will decide whether or not there will be war or peace is Saddam Hussein, and all he has to do is give up these terrible weapons that he has used to kill fellow Arabs, fellow Muslims in that part of the world, and to step away from his past behaviour which invaded neighbouring countries.

The ties that bind us are stronger than the occasional stresses that separate us.

I don't think anyone would disagree with the conclusion that Saddam [Hussein] was a terrible dictator. He had gassed his own people and his neighbors. He had killed thousands of people, and he had started a couple of wars and destroyed his country.