Every organization should tolerate rebels who tell the emperor he has no clothes

Keep looking below surface appearances. Don't shrink from doing so just because you might not like what you find.

Be careful what you choose: You may get it.

We are rather candid with them about the nature of their political processes and the state of development of their institutions, but they are looking to the West because they know that's where success lies.

We hope that more assistance will be available to the nations of the region, to include Egypt, on the three pillars that I discussed today: civic society development, education and economic development.

One important element of leadership is taking care of the troops.

I have always gone through public life and saying that with respect to political candidates, I always measure each candidate against what I think the country needs at that time, and I will vote for the person I think who is most qualified to serve the nation at that time.