Five days or five months, but it certainly isn't going to last longer.

It is hard to put a price on some things. What is the value of having prevented nuclear weapons from getting into the hands of a dictator like Saddam Hussein - or of Gadhafi?

From where you sit, the White House may look as untidy as the inside of a stomach. As is said of the legislative process, sausage-making and policy-making shouldn't be seen close-up. Don't let that panic you. Things may be going better than they look from the inside.

Keep your sense of humor. As General Joe Stillwell said, 'The higher a monkey climbs, the more you see of his behind'.

America is not what's wrong with the world.

You're thinking of Europe as Germany and France. I don't. I think that's old Europe.

Don't say 'the White House wants.' Buildings can't want.