The worst mistake is to have the best ladder and the wrong wall.

No terror state poses a greater or more immediate threat to the security of our people and the stability of the world than the regime of Saddam Hussein in Iraq.

Know that the immediate staff and others in the Administration will assume that your manner, tone and tempo reflect the President's.

No. That's someone else's business. Quagmire is - I don't do quagmires.

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

Let your family, staff, and friends know that you're still the same person, despite all the publicity and notoriety that accompanies your position.

The absence of evidence is not necessarily the evidence of absence