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

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

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.

Imagine, a September 11 with weapons of mass destruction. It's not 3,000. It's tens of thousands of innocent men, women and children.

They will do more whether we do what we're doing or whether we don't do what we're doing. And the idea that you could appease them [terrorists] by stopping doing what we're doing or some implication that by doing what we're doing we're inciting them to attack us is just utter nonsense. It's just - it's kind of like feeding an alligator, hoping it eats you last.

Amidst all the clutter, beyond all the obstacles, aside from all the static, are the goals set. Put your head down, do the best job possible, let the flak pass, and work towards those goals.

A few. . . critics are the only people I ever heard use the phrase 'imminent threat.' I didn't, the president didn't.