My own experience is that you get as much information as you can and then you pay attention to your intuition, to your informed instinct.

In the military we also learn principles of war which also work in a corporate setting: How do you concentrate as much of your force as possible on a critical point and take a risk elsewhere? In business that translates into focusing your investment on marketing, sales, or R&D, whichever will give you the greatest return.

Some people naturally have a sense of empathy and an understanding of how to bring their followers to do things. They become great politicians.

Trust is the essence of Leadership.

Poverty arises and persists where corruption is endemic and enterprise is stifled, where basic fairness provided by the rule of law is absent. In such circumstances, poverty is an assault against human dignity, and in that assault lies the natural seed of human anger

I want to see policies that encourage every American to vote, not make it more difficult to vote.

War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support.