Don't speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn't walk in their shoes.

Oh my goodness gracious, what you can buy off the Internet in terms of overhead photography. A trained ape can know an awful lot of what is going on in this world, just by punching on his mouse, for a relatively modest cost.

A president has to provide leadership to gain support.

Our goal is to defend the American people, and to eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and to liberate the Iraqi people.

You might be a cunning linguist, but I am a master debater.

Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of publicity you receive.

Think ahead. Don't let day-to-day operations drive out planning.