Ultimately, success is going to be up to the reformers, just like in Iraq. It's going to require Iraqis, the will of Iraqis to succeed. I understand that. And that's why our strategy is to give them the tools necessary to defend themselves and help them defend themselves; in this case right now mainly in Baghdad, but as well around the country.

People say, well, do you ever hear any other voices other than, like, a few people? Of course I do.

The best way to defeat an ideology is with a better ideology. And I believe democracy is a better ideology.

Self-government relies, in the end, on the governing of the self.

That's Washington. That's the place where you find people getting ready to jump out of the foxholes before the first shot is fired.

I saw a threat in Saddam Hussein. Members of the United States Congress from both political parties saw that same threat. The United Nation's saw the threat. I made the right decision in getting Saddam Hussein out of power.

The thing that's wrong with the French is that they don't have a word for entrepreneur