Find ways to decentralize. Move decision making authority down and out. Encourage a more entrepreneurial approach.

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

The Secretary of Defense is not a super General or Admiral. His task is to exercise civilian control over the Department for the Commander-in-Chief and the country.

Don't necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.

Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction.

We know where they are. They are in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad.

We know where they are [Iraq's weapons of mass destruction]. They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat.

We do know of certain knowledge that he [Osama Bin Laden] is either in Afghanistan, or in some other country, or dead.

Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small.

If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.

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.

Falling in love is one of most beautiful emotions one can feel. You haven’t lived your life, if you haven’t loved.

Nations like individuals live and die but civilization cannot die.

The silence inside of you is the sound of your knowledge collapsing. Remember, it is you who said, 'I want to be free.'

The most important thing is to be proud of the work that you put into something, and put the ego aside.

Stay in school. Lie to your teachers, but stay in school.

[Bob Fosse] was a temperamental fellow - it was his way or the highway.

Believe and you're halfway there.

The Founding Fathers of America never intended to stop people expressing their faith in the public square. But unfortunately that is the way it is happened.

Sometimes a picture of a moment captures more than the moment itself.

Good teachers are to education what education is to all other professions—the indispensable element, the sunlight and oxygen, the foundation on which everything else is built.