Bad news isn't wine. It doesn't improve with age.

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.

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.

Saudi Arabia will have to decide its own path, and I don't know if it will decide a path like any other nation in the region or if it will design something that is unique to Saudi Arabia.

One important element of leadership is taking care of the troops.

But you have to understand, American democracy is not like the system you have. We're not an ocean liner that sails across the ocean from point A to point B at 30 knots. That's not American democracy. American democracy is kind of like a life raft that bobs around the ocean all the time. Your feet are always wet. Winds are always blowing. You're cold. You're wet. You're uncomfortable -- but you never sink.

Always show more kindness than seems necessary, because the person receiving it needs it more than you will ever know.