The absence of evidence is not necessarily the evidence of absence

Reduce the number of lawyers. They are like beavers - they get in the middle of the stream and dam it up.

Being Vice President is difficult. Don't make it tougher.

First rule of politics: you can't win unless you're on the ballot. Second rule: If you run, you may lose. And, if you tie, you do not win.

When I served as US Ambassador to NATO in the 1970s, the center of gravity in Europe was France and Germany.

They will do more whether we do what we're doing or whether we don't do what we're doing. And the idea that you could appease them [terrorists] by stopping doing what we're doing or some implication that by doing what we're doing we're inciting them to attack us is just utter nonsense. It's just - it's kind of like feeding an alligator, hoping it eats you last.

... something under $50 billion for the cost. How much of that would be the U.S. burden, and how much would be other countries, is an open question.