Secretary Powell and I agree on every single issue that has ever been before this administration except for those instances where Colin's still learning.

Don't think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. As Charles De Gaulle said, the cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.

I am not going to give you a number for it because it's not my business to do intelligent work.

If you can't solve a problem, make it bigger.

Know that the immediate staff and others in the Administration will assume that your manner, tone and tempo reflect the President's.

You're thinking of Europe as Germany and France. I don't. I think that's old Europe. If you look at the entire NATO Europe today, the center of gravity is shifting to the east. And there are a lot of new members. And if you just take the list of all the members of NATO and all of those who have been invited in recently -- what is it? Twenty-six, something like that? -- you're right. Germany has been a problem, and France has been a problem.

I don't believe anyone that I know in the administration ever said that Iraq had nuclear weapons.