Arguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip you up.
We have an orientation that tends to make us think that everything is our responsibility and that we should be doing this. It is the Iraqis' country, 28 million of them. They are perfectly capable of running that country.
Never assume the other fellow will not do something you wouldn't do.
Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war.
The country cannot afford amateur hour in the White House.
What is needed [to combat terrorism], in my view, is resolve, not retreat; courage, not concession. Rather than thinking in terms of an exit strategy, focus on a strategy for success.