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

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.

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

I don't know how you define 'neoconservatism,' but I think it's associated with trying to spread open political systems and democracy.

World Affairs Councils are great organizations. They help keep people throughout our country alive to important developments in world affairs and underscore that, in the country, we stay engaged and we are part of the world.

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

I learned in business that you had to be very careful when you told somebody that's working for you to do something, because the chances were very high he'd do it. In government, you don't have to worry about that.