The way to do well is to do well.

Enjoy your time in public service. It may well be one of the most interesting and challenging times of your life.

At 78 years old, I am not surprised at much anymore. Germany has taken divergent positions before, so has France, so has England, so has the US.

Arguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip you up.

Congress, the press, and the bureaucracy too often focus on how much money or effort is spent, rather than whether the money or effort actually achieves the announced goal.

When business accepts help from the government, it can be like going to bed with a hippopotamus. It's nice and warm for the moment, but then your bedmate rolls over and crushes you.

We never believed that we'd just tumble over weapons of mass destruction in that country.