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.

That's important when you are running an organization so that the people who work with you know what you believe in and know those beliefs won't change.

We must all hear the universal call to like your neighbor just like you like to be liked yourself.

The terrorists believe that free societies are essentially corrupt and decadent and, with a few hard blows, they can force us to retreat. They are mistaken.

You know, I guess I'm like any other political figure: Everybody wants to be loved.

I would have to ask the questioner. I haven't had a chance to ask the questioners the question they've been questioning. On the other hand, I firmly believe she'll be a fine secretary of labor. And I've got confidence in Linda Chavez. She is a - she'll bring an interesting perspective to the Labor Department.

Some say that by fighting the terrorists abroad since September the 11th, we only stir up a hornets' nest. But the terrorists who struck that day were stirred up already. If America were not fighting terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan and elsewhere, what would these thousands of killers do - suddenly begin leading productive lives of service and charity? ... We are dealing here with killers who have made the death of Americans the calling of their lives.