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When starting at the bottom, be willing to learn from those at the top.
No. That's someone else's business. Quagmire is - I don't do quagmires.
Prune - prune businesses, products, activities, people. Do it annually.
Learn to say 'I don't know.' If used when appropriate, it will be often.
Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was - by a taxpayer.
Listening to both sides does not necessarily bring about a correct judgment.
The implication that there was something wrong with the war plan is amusing.
There are a lot of people who lie and get away with it, and that's just a fact.
Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small.
If you are working from your inbox, you are working on other people’s priorities.
The worst thing you can do is allow a coalition to determine what your mission is.
Don't speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn't walk in their shoes.
The success of an organization will depend on the people you surround yourself with.
You're thinking of Europe as Germany and France. I don't. I think that's old Europe.
I'm glad you asked. It has nothing to do with oil, literally nothing to do with oil.
Is it likely that an aircraft carrier or a cruise missile is going to find a person?
If you foul up, tell the President and correct it fast. Delay only compounds mistakes.
The natural state of man is to want to be free. To have opportunities. To have choices.
[on Osama bin Laden] He is either alive and well or alive and not too well or not alive.
Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction.
We never believed that we'd just tumble over weapons of mass destruction in that country.
In politics, every day is filled with numerous opportunities for serious error. Enjoy it.
If I know the answer I'll tell you the answer, and if I don't I'll just respond cleverly.
In the execution of Presidential decisions work to be true to his views, in fact and tone.
Don't do or say things you would not like to see on the front page of The Washington Post.
It's a difficult thing today to be informed about our government even without all the secrecy.
NATO member states vary dramatically in their capability and in their political steadfastness.
I don't know anybody that I can think of who has contended that the Iraqis had nuclear weapons.
I am not going to give you a number for it because it's not my business to do intelligent work.
If a person is determined to fight to the death, then they may very well have that opportunity.
When someone with a rural accent says, "I don't know much about politics," zip up your pockets.
Freedom's untidy, and free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things.
Certainty without power can be interesting, even amusing. Certainty with power can be dangerous.
I don't believe anyone that I know in the administration ever said that Iraq had nuclear weapons.
When cutting staff at the Pentagon, don't eliminate the thin layer that assures civilian control.
You go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time.
If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random.
Be able to resign. It will improve your value to the President and do wonders for your performance.
A large number of people to begin crawling through those tunnels and caves looking for the bad folks.
It isn't making mistakes that's critical; it's correcting them and getting on with the principal task.
If there are people who yearn for the days when Saddam Hussein was in power, then I am not among them.
The problem is the people who tend to be the best organized are the most radical and the most vicious.
Be yourself. Follow your instincts. Success depends, at least in part, on the ability to 'carry it off.'
Reduce the layers of management. They put distance between the top of an organization and the customers.
It is very difficult to spend "federal (the taxpayers') dollars" so that the intended result is achieved.
Reduce the number of lawyers. They are like beavers - they get in the middle of the stream and dam it up.
Napoleon was asked, "Who do you consider to be the greatest generals?" He responded saying, "The victors.
The United States, as all you know, did not come to Iraq for oil, not to occupy. We came here only to help.
Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of publicity you receive.
When I served as US Ambassador to NATO in the 1970s, the center of gravity in Europe was France and Germany.