If I know the answer I'll tell you the answer, and if I don't I'll just respond cleverly.

Our task, your task... is to try to connect the dots before something happens. People say, 'Well, where's the smoking gun?' Well, we don't want to see a smoking gun from a weapon of mass destruction.

I don't know anybody that I can think of who has contended that the Iraqis had nuclear weapons.

Being Vice President is difficult. Don't make it tougher.

Most of the 50 or so invitations you receive each week come from people inviting the President's Chief of Staff, not you. If you doubt that, ask your predecessor how many he received last week.

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.

There are a lot of people who lie and get away with it, and that's just a fact.