"Bombing the Murrah Federal Building was morally and strategically equivalent to the U.S. hitting a government building in Serbia, Iraq, or other nations."

"Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or ill it teaches the whole people by its example."

"Based on observations of the policies of my own government, I viewed this action as an acceptable option."

"I explain this not for publicity, nor seeking to win an argument of right or wrong, I explain so that the record is clear as to my thinking and motivations in bombing a government installation."

"Additionally, borrowing a page from U.S. foreign policy, I decided to send a message to a government that was becoming increasingly hostile."

"When an aggressor force continually launches attacks from a particular base of operations, it is sound military strategy to take the flight to the enemy."