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

Make decisions about the President's personal security. He can overrule you, but don't ask him to be the one to counsel caution.

Secretary Powell and I agree on every single issue that has ever been before this administration except for those instances where Colin's still learning.

The reality is that [Barack] Obama has some 15 countries in the current Libya coalition. President Bush put together close to 50 countries for the Afghan coalition, some 40 countries for the Iraqi coalition, more than 90 countries for the Proliferation Security Initiative and over 90 countries in the Global War on Terror.

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

If a prospective Presidential approach can't be explained clearly enough to be understood well, it probably hasn't been thought through well enough. If not well understood by the American people, it probably won't 'sail' anyway. Send it back for further thought.

Being Vice President is difficult. Don't make it tougher.