Every president when he is elected has to live with the pluses and minuses his predecessor leaves, which includes benefits as well as burdens.

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

America is not what's wrong with the world.

Look for what's missing. Many advisors can tell a President how to improve what's proposed or what's gone amiss. Few are able to see what isn't there.

In politics, every day is filled with numerous opportunities for serious error. Enjoy it.

Inspectors do not have the duty or the ability to uncover terrible weapons hidden in a vast country. The responsibility of inspectors is simply to confirm evidence of voluntary and total disarmament. Saddam Hussein has the responsibility to provide that evidence, as directed, and in full

Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was - by a taxpayer.