What will follow will not be a repeat of any other conflict. It will be of a force and scope and scale that has been beyond what has been seen before.

Napoleon was asked, "Who do you consider to be the greatest generals?" He responded saying, "The victors.

If you try to please everybody, somebody's not going to like it.

If I know the answer I'll tell you the answer, and if I don't I'll just respond cleverly.

If you can't solve a problem, make it bigger.

Walk around. If you are invisible, the mystique of the President's office may perpetuate inaccurate impressions about you or the President, to his detriment. After all, you may not be as bad as they're saying.

Preserve the President's options. He may need them.