If in doubt, don't. If still in doubt, do what's right.

We never believed that we'd just tumble over weapons of mass destruction in that country.

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

Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of publicity you receive.

Most US presidents since World War II have led military actions without a declaration of war by Congress, though most, if not all, have properly consulted and sought support from Congress. That is the wise thing to do.

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

At 78 years old, I am not surprised at much anymore. Germany has taken divergent positions before, so has France, so has England, so has the US.