"I sent American troops to Iraq to make its people free, not to make them American. Iraqis will write their own history and find their own way."

"The action we take and the decisions we make in this decade will have consequences far into this century. If America shows weakness and uncertainty, the world will drift toward tragedy. That will not happen on my watch."

"Strength does not come from winning, but from knowing that the only true currency in life is time well spent."

"For all who love freedom and peace, the world without Saddam Hussein's regime is a better and safer place."

"If cats were double the size they are now, they'd probably be illegal."

"Do not hurry what nature takes seasons to unfold. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue."

"It was one of those evenings when men feel that truth, goodness and beauty are one. In the morning, when they commit their discovery to paper, when others read it written there, it looks wholly ridiculous."

"Stop this attitude that older people ain't any good anymore! We're as good as we ever were - if we ever were any good."