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.

Plan backwards as well as forward. Set objectives and trace back to see how to achieve them. You may find that no path can get you there. Plan forward to see where your steps will take you, which may not be clear or intuitive.

Politics is human beings; it's addition rather than subtraction.

The problem is the people who tend to be the best organized are the most radical and the most vicious.

When there happens to be a weapon of mass destruction suspect site in an area that we occupy and if people have time, they'll look at it.

General Boykin has requested that an inspector general review this matter. And I have indicated that if that's his request, I think it's appropriate.

There's no debate in the world as to whether people have weapons of mass destruction... We all know that. A trained ape knows that.