This is... one of the great tragedies of the Bush administration. The more successful theyโve been at intercepting and stopping bad guys, the less proof there is that weโre in danger... itโs almost like they should every once in a while have allowed an attack to get through just to remind us.
Newt GingrichAs a historian I understand how histories are written. My enemies will write histories that dismiss me and prove I was unimportant. My friends will write histories that glorify me and prove I was more important than I was. And two generations or three from now, some serious sober historian will write a history that sort of implies I was whoever I was.
Newt GingrichNow, we don't get rid of it in round one because we don't think that that's politically smart, and we don't think that's the right way to go through a transition. But we believe it's going to wither on the vine because we think people are voluntarily going to leave it - voluntarily.
Newt Gingrich