Respect for leaders by followers can't be mandated; it must be earned. It has to be given to leaders by their followers.

Failure is a part of life and you have to learn to deal with it. Failure is something that is part of life's cycle and it's from failure that you gain life experience.

It's not just a matter of whether you support Obama or Romney. It's who they have coming with them. I always keep my powder dry, as they say in the military.

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.

The United States is looking at a way to launch peace with a disarmed Iraq. And so we are studying the declaration that Iraq submitted. Other members of the security council are studying the declaration, as is Unmovic and IAEA, and I would not make a judgment as to whether or not the declaration will be found deficient and whether or not that might lead to a material breach and whether or not, if it did, that would lead to action on the part of the United Nations.

I don't know that there is much the United States can do except work with the international community.

The best method of overcoming obstacles is the team method