Have a deputy and develop a successor. Don't be consumed by the job or you'll risk losing your balance. Keep your mooring lines to the outside world - family, friends, neighbors, people out of government, and people who may not agree with you.

Being Vice President is difficult. Don't make it tougher.

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

When starting at the bottom, be willing to learn from those at the top.

One of your tasks is to separate the 'personal' from the 'substantive.' The two can become confused, especially if someone rubs the President wrong.

We'll have to deal with the networks. One of the ways to do that is to drain the swamp they live in. And that means dealing not only with the terrorists, but those who harbor terrorists. This will take a long, sustained effort. It will require the support of the American people as well as our friends and allies around the world.

A terrorist can attack any time, any place using any technique and you can't defend everywhere against every technique at every moment.