The media only report stupid or careless answers, not stupid or unfair questions.

Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.

The burden is on Saddam Hussein. And our policy, our national policy - not the UN policy but our national policy - is that the regime should be changed until such time as he demonstrates that it is not necessary to change the regime because the regime has changed itself.

You have achieved excellence as a leader when people will follow you anywhere if only out of curiosity.

Every organization needs to be introspective, transparent, and honest with itself. This only works if everyone is unified on the goals and purposes of the organization and there is trust within the team. High-performing, successful organizations build cultures of introspection and trust and never lose sight of their purpose.

The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.

How can we be enemies when there is so much that pulls us together? But in general I found that I had to work with each one of my foreign colleagues in a way that was consistent with their system. Some are democracies, some are not.