The reality is that terrorists can attack any time at any minute, 24 hours a day, using a variety of techniques, in any place at all. And it's not possible to defend in every place, against every technique, against every conceivable approach. It means that you can't stop every terrorist attack. Innocent men, women and children are going to be killed if terrorists are determined to do it.

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

It is easier to get into something than to get out of it.

If I know the answer I'll tell you the answer, and if I don't I'll just respond cleverly.

If you are working from your inbox, you are working on other people’s priorities.

America is not what's wrong with the world.

The dead-enders are still with us, those remnants of the defeated regimes who'll go on fighting long after their cause is lost.