Give me the right people and I don’t much care what organization you give me. Good things will happen. Give me the wrong people and it doesn’t matter what you do with the organization. Bad things will happen.

Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.

You need to learn what people have done, but you need to learn where they have failed... Usually when they fail it is in the execution.

The great leaders that I have worked with are people who have a good sense of empathy with other people. They can walk a factory floor, or walk through a battalion and smell if there's something wrong.

Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.

Our strategy in going after this army is very simple. First we are going to cut it off, and then we are going to kill it.

How often have we seen politicians take a principle position only to give it up three days later? That is what makes democracy so fascinating.