To be an effective leader, you have to have a manipulative streak - you have to figure out the people working for you and give each tasks that will take advantage of his strength.

Had the United States and the United Kingdom gone on alone to capture Baghdad, under the provisions of the Geneva and Hague conventions we would have been considered occupying powers and therefore would have been responsible for all the costs of maintaining or restoring government, education and other services for the people of Iraq.

I do hunt, and I do fish, and I don't apologize to anybody for hunting and fishing.

As far as Saddam Hussein being a great military strategist, he is neither a strategist, nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general, nor is he a soldier. Other than that, he's a great military man, I want you to know that.

I like to say I'm not a hero. I was lucky enough to lead a very successful war.

Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.

If Saddam were to be replaced tomorrow he would probably be replaced with someone who's just as bad or worse than he is.