“There is nothing wrong with America that Americans can't fix.”

“In this new world economy, national boundaries are increasingly becoming obsolete.”

“The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.”

“I warned that there should be no place on Earth where terrorists can rest and train and practice their deadly skills. I meant it. I said that we would act with others, if possible, and alone if necessary to ensure that terrorists have no sanctuary anywhere. Tonight, we have.”

“The WPA was one of the most productive elements of FDR's alphabet soup of agencies because it put people to work building roads, bridges, and other projects... It gave men and women a chance to make some money along with the satisfaction of knowing they earned it.”

“Some civil servants are neither servants nor civil.”

“It was evident however that the lawyers would have to have their say....This also opened up a vista both lengthy and obscure.”

“No one who has read official documents needs to be told how easy it is to conceal the essential truth under the apparently candid and all- disclosing phrases of a voluminous and particularizing report.”