Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them.

Economy's got to get moving, we've got to get the unemployment rate down. That may be the defining issue of the campaign.

What could be more important than equipping the next generation with the character and competence they need to become successful

Preferring members of any one group for no reason other than race or ethnic origin is discrimination for its own sake. This the Constitution forbids.

Sometimes what my analytical mind says to me is not what I'll do.

Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team's mission.

Don't be buffaloed by experts and elites. Experts often possess more data than judgment. Elites can become so inbred that they produce hemophiliacs who bleed to death as soon as they are nicked by the real world.