It isn't making mistakes that's critical; it's correcting them and getting on with the principal task.

The implication that there was something wrong with the war plan is amusing.

Work continuously to trim the White House staff from your first day to your last. All the pressures are to the contrary.

Freedom's untidy, and free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things.

The coalition did not act in Iraq because we had discovered dramatic new evidence of Iraq's pursuit. We acted because we saw the evidence in a dramatic new light - through the prism of our experience on 9/11.

General Boykin has requested that an inspector general review this matter. And I have indicated that if that's his request, I think it's appropriate.

Remember where you came from.