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

Napoleon was asked, "Who do you consider to be the greatest generals?" He responded saying, "The victors.

Preserve the President's options. He may need them.

There are things that we know, and there are things that we don't know. Then there are the things that we don't even know that we don't know. Those are the things that are the hardest.

We [the USA] do have a big nation's problem. We have the problem of a nation that's got two oceans, oceans on either side. People come from all across the globe and want to live here and they want to work here and they want to invest here. And that's a good thing. And they make up this country. But as a people, we [americans] are not highly skilled in languages. We're not highly skilled in knowledge of other cultures. And that's a problem.

Reduce the number of lawyers. They are like beavers - they get in the middle of the stream and dam it up.

With the press there is no "off the record.