Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved.

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

One thing the military does far better than business is train its own leaders. I can't go to IBM and hire a battalion commander. They don't have any.

Our model of politics is one that it is inclusive of all members of the society; all should be represented. That is the nature of our democracy.

Let me blow that up for you again.

The best way to create a winning team is to train them, give them everything they need to get the job done and second, make sure they know what the job is and what the job will be. So you connect strategy to resources.

War is never a happy solution, but it may be the only solution. We must exhaustively explore other possible solutions before we make the choice for war. Every political and diplomatic effort should be made to avoid war while achieving your objective.