War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support.

Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved.

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

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.

The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise. In my experience, the people closest to the problems are often in the best position to see the solutions. The key here is to empower and not be the bottleneck.

It isn’t enough just to scream at the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations. We need our political system to start reflecting this anger back into, 'How do we fix it? How do we get the economy going again?'

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