Leaders develop their styles as they interact with their constituencies. They move toward the style that seems most effective in dealing with the mixture of elements that make up their constituencies.

All excellence involves discipline and tenacity of purpose.

A prime function of a leader is to keep hope alive.

The hallmark of our age is the tension between aspirations and sluggish institutions.

All of us celebrate our values in our behavior.

The play of conflicting interests in a framework of shared purposes is the drama of a free society. It is a robust exercise, and often a noisy one. It is not for the faint-hearted, or the tidy-minded.

We cannot have islands of excellence in a sea of slovenly indifference to standards.