The Federal Government should be the last resort, not the first. Ask if a potential program is truly a federal responsibility or whether it can better be handled privately, by voluntary organizations, or by local or state governments.

Reduce the number of lawyers. They are like beavers - they get in the middle of the stream and dam it up.

I'm glad you asked. It has nothing to do with oil, literally nothing to do with oil.

There is no question but that when one is engaged militarily that there are going to be unintended loss of life.

The Federal Government should be the last resort, not the first. Ask if a potential program is truly a federal responsibility or whether it can better be handled privately, by voluntary organizations, or by local or state governments.

If in doubt, move decisions up to the President.

You will launch many projects, but have time to finish only a few. So think, plan, develop, launch and tap good people to be responsible. Give them authority and hold them accountable. Trying to do too much yourself creates a bottleneck.