Assessment Quotes

“The country is not in good condition.”

“The South Vietnamese are losing the war.”

“The Iraqi security forces are getting better, but they're not yet good enough.”

“This man has a nice smile, but he's got iron teeth.”

“Colleges should not be judged by the test scores of their incoming students, but by the quality of the students they graduate.”

“Standardized tests are not the be-all and end-all of education. They are one tool, and we need to use them wisely.”

“I think the intelligence I've seen over the past year has been very, very good.”

“I believe that the situation in Iraq is very serious.”

“Let's be clear, we were not successful. We were not successful in getting the ministries up and running. So we didn't get that part of our mission accomplished.”

“Air power is the most difficult of all forms of military force to measure.”

“He never said a foolish thing, nor ever did a wise one.”

“Iraq was a more dangerous place than we did think it was before the war, not because of WMD.”

“He's more of a facilitator than a scorer. He's not a guy who's going to get you 25 points. He's going to get you 25 assists.”

“The French have shown themselves to be unworthy of victory, but the Russians have not shown themselves to be worthy of it.”