"I can't tell you if the use of force in Iraq today would last five days, or five weeks, or five months, but it certai…"

"Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known kno…"

"Pearl Harbor Post-Mortem: In some future hearing, I am going to say that I do not want to be sitting before this pane…"

"The natural state of man is to want to be free. To have opportunities. To have choices."

"It's a difficult thing today to be informed about our government even without all the secrecy."

"Congress, the press, and the bureaucracy too often focus on how much money or effort is spent, rather than whether th…"

"It is easier to get into something than to get out of it."

"Be able to resign. It will improve your value to the President and do wonders for your performance."

"This war [in Vietnam] has been marked by so many lies and evasions... that it is not right to have the war end with o…"

"And it is not knowable if force will be used, but if it is to be used, it is not knowable how long that conflict woul…"