It is good if your enemy underestimates you. The dumber they think you are the more surprised they are when you kill them.

Almost invariably, whoever doesn't win the argument is going to be unhappy.

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.

Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff.

This is something else that is drilled into us in the military: Make sure you know who your replacement is, in case you become a casualty. So you have to have depth within an organization.

It is the job of leaders to eliminate uncertainty.

I'm absolutely sure that there are weapons of mass destruction there and the evidence will be forthcoming. We're just getting it just now.