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.

Congress, the press, and the bureaucracy too often focus on how much money or effort is spent, rather than whether the money or effort actually achieves the announced goal.

We have an orientation that tends to make us think that everything is our responsibility and that we should be doing this. It is the Iraqis' country, 28 million of them. They are perfectly capable of running that country.

Never assume the other fellow will not do something you wouldn't do.

If there are people who yearn for the days when Saddam Hussein was in power, then I am not among them.

"Do you have any regrets?" Of course I do.

You go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time.