It will be necessary for us to be a nation of men, and not laws.

If we have reason to believe someone is preparing an attack against the U.S., has developed that capability, harbours those aspirations, then I think the U.S. is justified in dealing with that, if necessary, by military force.

How could any responsible leader have ignored the Iraqi threat? If we had not acted, Saddam Hussein and his sons would still be in power.

We have great information. They're going to welcome us. It'll be like the American Army going through the streets of Paris. They're sitting there ready to form a new government. The people will be so happy with their freedoms that we'll probably back ourselves out of there within a month or two.

It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you.

I don’t think that [the war in Iraq] damaged our reputation around the world.

I've worked for four presidents and watched two others up close, and I know that there's no such thing as a routine day in the Oval Office.