“After Katrina, I decided it's better to have a President who's competent rather than one who's beer-worthy.Doonsebury”

“I've been trying for some time to develop a lifestyle that doesn't require my presence.”

“There is no one that can share your responsibility. It it is your responsibility you must carry it on and you must be responsible for your actions. At the end of the day we all are being challenged, sooner or later, by our destiny. And it's up to us to make all the difference in this life. If not you, who else?”

“If you're already in a fight, you want the first blow to be the last and you had better be the one to throw it.”

“I want to be more than a rose in my husband's lapel.”

“Only the winners decide what were war crimes. ”

“One should never fight for a country. One should fight, if one has to, for what one believes to be right. A country is only as good as its leading citizens.”