A president has to provide leadership to gain support.

We have an orientation that tends to make us think that everything is our responsibility and that we should be doing this. It is the Iraqis' country, 28 million of them. They are perfectly capable of running that country.

Oh my goodness gracious, what you can buy off the Internet in terms of overhead photography. A trained ape can know an awful lot of what is going on in this world, just by punching on his mouse, for a relatively modest cost.

It is unknowable how long that conflict [the war in Iraq] will last. It could last six days, six weeks. I doubt six months.

Any country on the face of the Earth with an active intelligence program knows that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction.

Find ways to decentralize. Move decision making authority down and out. Encourage a more entrepreneurial approach.

We do have a saying in America: if you're in a hole, stop digging ..... erm, I'm not sure I should have said that.