I think that military, corporate, and non-political organizations are pretty much similar.

We now believe it is appropriate for Saddam Hussein to be forced to change, either by the threat of war, and therefore that compels him to cooperate. If he cooperates, then the basis of changed regime policy has shifted because his regime has, in fact, changed its policy to one of cooperation. So if he cooperates, then that is different than if he does not cooperate.

The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.

Nobody wants to be in a mediocre organization. You don't have the same energy flowing through.

I don't think we handled the aftermath of the fall of Baghdad as well as we might have. But that's now history.

As I've thought about gay marriage, I don't see any reason not to say that [couples] should be able to get married.

No matter how significant or life-changing your greatest hit or miss might be, neither even begins to define who you are. Each of us is a product of all our experiences and all our interactions with other people. To cite calculus, we are the area under the curve.