It's nice to say let's be bipartisan. But we're a partisan nation. We were raised as a partisan nation.

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I don't think we handled the aftermath of the fall of Baghdad as well as...

I don't think we handled the aftermath of the fall of Baghdad as well as...

Today I can declare my hope and declare it from the bottom of my heart...

Today I can declare my hope and declare it from the bottom of my heart...

Some of the generals are saying, 'We're making progress. We are clearing an area.' But...

Some of the generals are saying, 'We're making progress. We are clearing an area.' But...

I try to be the same person I was yesterday.

I try to be the same person I was yesterday.

The president's military advisers felt that the size of the force was adequate, they may...

The president's military advisers felt that the size of the force was adequate, they may...

Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position goes,...

Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position goes,...

Get mad, then get over it.

Get mad, then get over it.

It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.

It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.

No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.

No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.

You don't know what you can get away with until you try.

You don't know what you can get away with until you try.

Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror.

Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror.

Experts often possess more data than judgment.

Experts often possess more data than judgment.

I made the case to Gen. Franks and Secretary Rumsfeld before the president that I...

I made the case to Gen. Franks and Secretary Rumsfeld before the president that I...

It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.

It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.

Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best...

Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best...

Organization doesn't really accomplish anything. Plans don't accomplish anything, either. Theories of management don't much...

Organization doesn't really accomplish anything. Plans don't accomplish anything, either. Theories of management don't much...

You can't just have slogans, you can't just have catchy phrases. You have to have...

You can't just have slogans, you can't just have catchy phrases. You have to have...

Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position goes,...

Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position goes,...

I own and operate a ferocious ego.

I own and operate a ferocious ego.

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.