The implication that there was something wrong with the war plan is amusing.

Don't divide the world into "them" and "us."

Test ideas in the marketplace. You learn from hearing a range of perspectives. Consultation helps engender the support decisions need to be successfully implemented.

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

Know that the immediate staff and others in the Administration will assume that your manner, tone and tempo reflect the President's.

Arguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip you up.

Don't think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. As Charles De Gaulle said, the cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.