Every country should be tired of going to war. War is a terrible thing. If I had been in Congress, as much as I would be inclined naturally to be supportive of a president, any president, I would have voted no, had the issue come to a vote.

To gain support in U.S. Congress and from other nations requires clarity, an acceptable mission and an explicit outcome.

See that the President, the Cabinet and staff are informed. If cut out of the information flow, their decisions may be poor, not made, or not confidently or persuasively implemented.

Let your family, staff, and friends know that you're still the same person, despite all the publicity and notoriety that accompanies your position.

When you're skiing, if you're not falling you're not trying.

If there are people who yearn for the days when Saddam Hussein was in power, then I am not among them.

The problem is the people who tend to be the best organized are the most radical and the most vicious.