War creates its own intensity of hatred... You don't want to use force except as an absolute last resort.

Certainly there’s a connection between Iraq and Al Qaeda. It doesn’t surprise me at all that they would be talking to Al Qaeda, that there would be some Al Qaeda there or that Saddam Hussein might even be, you know, discussing gee, I wonder since I don’t have any scuds and since the Americans are coming at me, I wonder if I could take advantage of Al Qaeda? How would I do it? Is it worth the risk? What could they do for me?

I would have been a Republican, if Karl Rove had returned my phone calls.

Nothing could be a more serious violation of public trust than to consciously make a war based on false claims.

I've forgotten more about national security than George W. Bush will ever learn.

It doesn't take any more energy to create a big dream than it does to create a little one.

The truth is, about the Middle East is, had there been no oil there, it would be like Africa. Nobody is threatening to intervene in Africa.