If there are people who yearn for the days when Saddam Hussein was in power, then I am not among them.
Control your time. If you’re working off your in-box, you’re working off the priorities of others. Be sure the staff is working on what you move to them from the President, or the President will be reacting, not leading.
Five days or five months, but it certainly isn’t going to last longer.
I’m glad you asked. It has nothing to do with oil, literally nothing to do with oil.
There are a lot of things that are said by people in the military, or civilian life, or in the Congress, or in the Executive Branch, that are their views. And that’s the way we live. We’re a free people. And that’s the wonderful thing about our country.
The United States isn’t going to do anything That it’s not capable of doing. And if we do something, We’ll be capable of doing it.
There are a lot of people who lie and get away with it, and that’s just a fact.
Do I Have any Regrets? Of Course I Do.
If in doubt, don’t. If still in doubt, do what’s right.
Reduce the layers of management. They put distance between the top of an organization and the customers.
Don’t think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. As Charles De Gaulle said, the cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.
Amidst all the clutter, beyond all the obstacles, aside from all the static, are the goals set. Put your head down, do the best job possible, let the flak pass, and work towards those goals.
If a prospective Presidential approach can’t be explained clearly enough to be understood well, it probably hasn’t been thought through well enough. If not well understood by the American people, it probably won’t ‘sail’ anyway. Send it back for further thought.
In the execution of Presidential decisions work to be true to his views, in fact and tone.
Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of publicity you receive.
Let your family, staff, and friends know that you’re still the same person, despite all the publicity and notoriety that accompanies your position.
Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was – by a taxpayer.
I don’t do quagmires.
Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small.
Never assume the other fellow will not do something you wouldn’t do.