I am not going to give you a number for it because it's not my business to do intelligent work.

The worst thing you can do is allow a coalition to determine what your mission is.

A president has to provide leadership to gain support.

I think we ought to have a new rule: You can ask two questions, and then we can pick the one we want to answer.

America is not what's wrong with the world.

It is worth reminding that being president is a tough job for anybody, and particularly so in the information age. There's such a glut of information. Anything a president says or does is picked up on the Internet or the 24/7 news media and criticized almost instantly. Leaders persuade through their words and as such their words need to be measured and well chosen. It is a tough job.

Look for what's missing. Many advisors can tell a President how to improve what's proposed or what's gone amiss. Few are able to see what isn't there.