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

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

Time is passing, ... We have to look at the reality of the situation and ... redouble our efforts and get on with it.

That's why the army sends all its future generals to what we call "charm school." As soon as you are a general, people think that you know everything. You think yourself that you have become omniscient and omnipotent. Be careful, because people want to do everything they can to please the general, and you need to guard against this.

Let it [racism] be a problem to someone else... Let it drag them down. Don't use it as an excuse for your own shortcomings.

You can't get it all done yourself. The best leaders are not afraid of picking people who are better than they are and who may one day replace them.

There is a war on terror that must be fought. Nobody's immune... And so rather than finding fault with what Spain has done by being aggressive in the war on terror, this should redouble everyone's efforts to go after terrorist organizations of any kind... Terror has to be brought to an end.