Experts often possess more data than judgment.

None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.

If you are black, if you are Puerto Rican or Hispanic, be proud of that. But don't let it become a problem. Let it become somebody else's problem.

Being in charge sometimes means making people mad. Some days you have to overrule even the best advice, because you think it is not right.

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.

The freedom to do your best means nothing unless you are willing to do your best.

I think the American people are sophisticated enough and wise enough to make judgments about the candidates and wade through the charges and countercharges that come with the [election 2004] campaign.