Make decisions about the President's personal security. He can overrule you, but don't ask him to be the one to counsel caution.

If in doubt, don't. If still in doubt, do what's right.

No terror state poses a greater or more immediate threat to the security of our people and the stability of the world than the regime of Saddam Hussein in Iraq.

When business accepts help from the government, it can be like going to bed with a hippopotamus. It's nice and warm for the moment, but then your bedmate rolls over and crushes you.

In politics, every day is filled with numerous opportunities for serious error. Enjoy it.

No. That's someone else's business. Quagmire is - I don't do quagmires.

The reality is that terrorists can attack any time at any minute, 24 hours a day, using a variety of techniques, in any place at all. And it's not possible to defend in every place, against every technique, against every conceivable approach. It means that you can't stop every terrorist attack. Innocent men, women and children are going to be killed if terrorists are determined to do it.