Economy's got to get moving, we've got to get the unemployment rate down. That may be the defining issue of the campaign.

If everybody trusts one another, then the person who didn't prevail will faithfully execute the decision as if it was their idea.

The most effective means of ensuring the government's accountability to the people is an aggressive, free, challenging, untrusting press.

I think that military, corporate, and non-political organizations are pretty much similar.

You have to comply, you have to obey - or you'd better resign and leave. But that is also the mark of a great leader - somebody who, in the presence of inner conflict, will do the right thing.

I'm not active in politics. I vote as a citizen. And if somebody cares to know what my opinion is at the time of the election, I might or might not share it publicly.

If you get the dirty end of the stick, sharpen it and turn it into a useful tool.