You should see what our Founding Fathers used to say to each other and in the early part of our nation. But what they were able to do, especially in Philadelphia in 1787, four months, they argued about what a House should be, what a Senate should be, the power of the president, the Congress, the Supreme Court. And they had to deal with slavery.

Nobody wants to be in a mediocre organization. You don't have the same energy flowing through.

Pissing people off doesn't mean you're doing the right things, but doing the right things will almost inevitably piss people off.

Good leaders set vision, missions, and goals. Great leaders inspire every follower at every level to internalize their purpose, and to understand that their purpose goes far beyond the mere details of their job. When everyone is united in purpose, a positive purpose that serves not only the organization but also, hopefully, the world beyond it, you have a winning team.

In other words, don't expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a unit or a company and what the leader has to do is constantly be up and say 'we have a problem, let's go and get it'.

Time is passing, ... We have to look at the reality of the situation and ... redouble our efforts and get on with it.

It's nice to say let's be bipartisan. But we're a partisan nation. We were raised as a partisan nation.