I recognize the need to provide the press - and, through you, the American people - with information to the fullest extent possible. In our democracy, the work of the Pentagon press corps is important, defending our freedom and way of life is what this conflict is about, and that certainly includes freedom of the press.

Don't necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.

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

No terror state poses a greater or more immediate threat to the security of our people and the stability of the world than the regime of Saddam Hussein in Iraq.

I think we ought to have a new rule: You can ask two questions, and then we can pick the one we want to answer.

Work continuously to trim the White House staff from your first day to your last. All the pressures are to the contrary.

We're not running out of [fixed] targets. Afghanistan is.