Probably we'll think of Bush in years to come as an American hero.

America decided we were going to stand by and let Americans die at the hands of terrorists a long time ago

A terrorist, massive, casualty-producing event [will occur] somewhere in the Western world - it may be in the United States of America - that causes our population to question our own Constitution and to begin to militarize our country in order to avoid a repeat of another mass, casualty-producing event.

The only time a dead certainty applies is in a dream world.

There is no doubt that the regime of Saddam Hussein possesses weapons of mass destruction. As this operation continues, those weapons will be identified, found, along with the people who have produced them and who guard them.

We're in fact on plan. And where we stand today is not, in my view, only acceptable but truly remarkable.

I'm a pretty serious Independent.