Members of the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate are not there by accident. Each managed to get there for some reason. Learn what it was and you will know something important about them, about our country and about the American people.

If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.

Find ways to decentralize. Move decision making authority down and out. Encourage a more entrepreneurial approach.

Secretary Powell and I agree on every single issue that has ever been before this administration except for those instances where Colin's still learning.

Leave the President's family business to him. You will have plenty to do without trying to manage the First Family. They are likely to do fine without your help.

It is unknowable how long that conflict [the war in Iraq] will last. It could last six days, six weeks. I doubt six months.

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.