It's very, very hard to speak truth to power when the truth is unpleasant. I think it's one of the toughest things especially a young person has to do and the only way you can do it is if you're willing to walk out the door if he doesn't take your advice. Or if you're willing to walk out the door if he goes over the line.

There is a cannibalism that's loose in our society in which public figures such as the Clintons could try to come into this town and do something good for this country and then they get hammered away even though they're trying to do the right thing.

The proudest moment for [a teacher of leaders] is seeing not what students learn but what they do.

Leadership is a journey. Each one of us has to take our own path, and get there our own way.

It’s easy to confuse motion with progress.

At the heart of leadership is the leader's relationship with followers. People will entrust their hopes and dreams to another person only if they think the other is a reliable vessel.

One cannot underestimate how widely admired Tom Daschle is in Washington for his integrity.