It is not possible to rule out anything because we don't know what will happen.

I don't think anyone would disagree with the conclusion that Saddam [Hussein] was a terrible dictator. He had gassed his own people and his neighbors. He had killed thousands of people, and he had started a couple of wars and destroyed his country.

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.

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

I have found that leadership is leadership is leadership. It applies whether you are in government or in corporate life or in non-profit life.

With vision only, you get no follow-through. With enforcers only, the vision is realized but leaves a lot of wreckage.

Remain calm, be kind.