Visit with your predecessors from previous Administrations. They know the ropes and can help you see around some corners. Try to make original mistakes, rather than needlessly repeating theirs.

In our system leadership is by consent, not command. To lead a President must persuade. Personal contacts and experiences help shape his thinking. They can be critical to his persuasiveness and thus to his leadership.

Within a week, or a month, Saddam could give his WMD to al-Qaeda.

I'm glad you asked. It has nothing to do with oil, literally nothing to do with oil.

One thing appears reasonably certain, and that's that those who make allegations of a culture of deception, of intimidation or cover-up need to be extremely careful about such accusations.

The worst mistake is to have the best ladder and the wrong wall.

It is the photographs that gives one the vivid realization of what actually took place. (On photographs from Abu Ghraib prison.)