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.

Test ideas in the marketplace. You learn from hearing a range of perspectives. Consultation helps engender the support decisions need to be successfully implemented.

The way to do well is to do well.

The purpose of terrorism is to terrorize. It's to change the behavior of the people that are being terrorized.

Oh, Lord. I didn't mean to say anything quotable.

The most underestimated risk for a politician is overexposure.

If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random.