You were born free by accident. You live free by choice. To die free is your responsibility.

In the military, as in any organization, giving the order might be the easiest part. Execution is the real game.

They went into stores to get food to stay alive. Looting isn't the right word. I call it survival.

You can't vote that water out of the city of New Orleans.

You cannot depend on a sandbag dike to save your life. You put it up to try to save your property.

Leadership is working with goals and vision management is working with objectives.

Before Katrina, it was a longstanding tradition in our country for political officials to wait until the last minute to warn, to take action, to evacuate. No more. With Irene, you had mass evacuations - mandatory ones - issued days ahead of time. That was the right thing to do.