Is it likely that an aircraft carrier or a cruise missile is going to find a person?

Five days or five months, but it certainly isn't going to last longer.

Don't speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn't walk in their shoes.

Remember where you came from.

What is needed [to combat terrorism], in my view, is resolve, not retreat; courage, not concession. Rather than thinking in terms of an exit strategy, focus on a strategy for success.

Many people around the President have sizeable egos before entering government, some with good reason. Their new positions will do little to moderate their egos.

We'll have to deal with the networks. One of the ways to do that is to drain the swamp they live in. And that means dealing not only with the terrorists, but those who harbor terrorists. This will take a long, sustained effort. It will require the support of the American people as well as our friends and allies around the world.