It is very difficult to spend "federal (the taxpayers') dollars" so that the intended result is achieved.

Politics is human beings; it's addition rather than subtraction.

Be yourself. Follow your instincts. Success depends, at least in part, on the ability to 'carry it off.'

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

You will launch many projects, but have time to finish only a few. So think, plan, develop, launch and tap good people to be responsible. Give them authority and hold them accountable. Trying to do too much yourself creates a bottleneck.

I am not going to give you a number for it because it's not my business to do intelligent work.

America is not what's wrong with the world.