What is needed [to combat terrorism], in my view, is resolve, not retreat; courage, not concession. Rather than thinking in terms of an exit strategy, focus on a strategy for success.

We're not running out of [fixed] targets. Afghanistan is.

When business accepts help from the government, it can be like going to bed with a hippopotamus. It's nice and warm for the moment, but then your bedmate rolls over and crushes you.

I don't know anybody that I can think of who has contended that the Iraqis had nuclear weapons.

If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.

They may have had time to destroy them, and I don't know the answer.

Congress, the press, and the bureaucracy too often focus on how much money or effort is spent, rather than whether the money or effort actually achieves the announced goal.