Negotiations are a euphemism for capitulation if the shadow of power is not cast across the bargaining table.

The minute you start talking about what you're going to do if you lose, you have lost.

The higher the classification of secrecy, the quicker you will report it.

Nothing ever gets settled in this town (Washington). It's not like running a company or even a university. It's a seething debating society, in which the debate never stops; in which people never give up, including me, and that's the atmosphere in which you administer.

My experience is that if the military didn't want to use force and was confronted with a president that did, the military would come back with what I would call the 'bomb Moscow' scenario. They would say it had to be done with conditions that were so extreme, you obviously wouldn't do it.

The civilized world has a common stake in defeating the terrorists.

A strong foundation exists for immediate military action against Saddam Hussein and for a multilateral effort to rebuild Iraq after he is gone.