Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war.

You might be a cunning linguist, but I am a master debater.

It isn't making mistakes that's critical; it's correcting them and getting on with the principal task.

Test ideas in the marketplace. You learn from hearing a range of perspectives. Consultation helps engender the support decisions need to be successfully implemented.

Inspectors do not have the duty or the ability to uncover terrible weapons hidden in a vast country. The responsibility of inspectors is simply to confirm evidence of voluntary and total disarmament. Saddam Hussein has the responsibility to provide that evidence, as directed, and in full

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

Listening to both sides does not necessarily bring about a correct judgment.