A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter.

If you love something - and there are things that I love - you do want more and more and more of it, but that's not the way to produce good work.

We've persevered because of a belief we share with the Iraqi people - a belief that out of the ashes of war, a new beginning could be born in this cradle of civilization. Through this remarkable chapter in the history of the United States and Iraq, we have met our responsibility. Now, it's time to turn the page.

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.