Freedom's untidy, and free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things.

Reduce the number of lawyers. They are like beavers - they get in the middle of the stream and dam it up.

The Secretary of Defense is not a super General or Admiral. His task is to exercise civilian control over the Department for the Commander-in-Chief and the country.

Don't necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.

Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction.

We know where they are. They are in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad.

We know where they are [Iraq's weapons of mass destruction]. They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat.

We do know of certain knowledge that he [Osama Bin Laden] is either in Afghanistan, or in some other country, or dead.

Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small.

If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.

Look for what's missing. Many advisors can tell a President how to improve what's proposed or what's gone amiss. Few are able to see what isn't there.

Be it sin or no, I hate the man!

Money and power by themselves are a two-legged stool. You can balance on them for a while, but eventually you're going to topple over.

In all matters moderation is desirable. If a thing is carried to excess, it will prove a source of evil.

You get the software you pay for. In every sense. To the nth degree. That's the way the world works.

Not men but measures a sort of charm by which many people get loose from every honorable engagement.

When I want my men to remember something important, to really make it stick, I give it to them double dirty.

Your wife is always right. Very simple. I think I'm going to get it tattooed on my forehead.

No animal is a better judge of comfort than a cat.

Perhaps the way with any obsession is to ignore it simply. Not to fight it, since it draws strength from any contact with us, whether hostile or friendly.

What I found is that just in the lifestyle today, people have fewer and fewer opportunities to get exercise.