Freedom's untidy, and free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things.

Our goal is to defend the American people, and to eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and to liberate the Iraqi people.

If you foul up, tell the President and correct it fast. Delay only compounds mistakes.

Enjoy your time in public service. It may well be one of the most interesting and challenging times of your life.

You're thinking of Europe as Germany and France. I don't. I think that's old Europe. If you look at the entire NATO Europe today, the center of gravity is shifting to the east. And there are a lot of new members. And if you just take the list of all the members of NATO and all of those who have been invited in recently -- what is it? Twenty-six, something like that? -- you're right. Germany has been a problem, and France has been a problem.

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.

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