If I look at the really important questions in [Middle East] region, I see Iran, where there is a strong desire for a freer society and where people are repressed by a small group of ayatollahs. I see Syria, where we can see a similar desire of the people to be free. These two countries fund Hezbollah and other terrorist organizations and are hurting our efforts in Afghanistan and have been extremely harmful in Iraq. Then I also see large, important countries such as Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

A terrorist can attack any time, any place using any technique and you can't defend everywhere against every technique at every moment.

You go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time.

The purpose of terrorism is to terrorize. It's to change the behavior of the people that are being terrorized.

Listening to both sides does not necessarily bring about a correct judgment.

Remember where you came from.

Don't 'over-control' like a novice pilot. Stay loose enough from the flow that you can observe it, modify, and improve it.