I think we ought to have a new rule: You can ask two questions, and then we can pick the one we want to answer.
Arguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip you up.
Don't necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.
Listening to both sides does not necessarily bring about a correct judgment.
The country cannot afford amateur hour in the White House.
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.