Nobody wants to be in a mediocre organization. You don't have the same energy flowing through.

What could be more important than equipping the next generation with the character and competence they need to become successful

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.

Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to bury those that did not return.

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

No one has done more to prevent conflict - no one has made a greater sacrifice for the cause for Peace - than you, America's proud missile submarine family. You stand tall among our heroes of the Cold War.

Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer is "no." That's not America.