Don't 'over-control' like a novice pilot. Stay loose enough from the flow that you can observe it, modify, and improve it.

I cannot give any assurances. I'm not in that business. I haven't been, and I don't intend to get into it. People who try to make predictions about things or assurances often find they're wrong.

The worst mistake is to have the best ladder and the wrong wall.

Arguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip you up.

Move decisions out to the Cabinet and agencies. Strengthen them by moving responsibility, authority, and accountability their direction.

A large number of people to begin crawling through those tunnels and caves looking for the bad folks.

You might be a cunning linguist, but I am a master debater.