The purpose of terrorism is to terrorize. It's to change the behavior of the people that are being terrorized.

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

Many people around the President have sizeable egos before entering government, some with good reason. Their new positions will do little to moderate their egos.

You will launch many projects, but have time to finish only a few. So think, plan, develop, launch and tap good people to be responsible. Give them authority and hold them accountable. Trying to do too much yourself creates a bottleneck.

There are people who in large measure have information that we need . . . so that we can track down the weapons of mass destruction in that country.

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

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