“Agreement can always be reached by increasing the generality of the conclusion; when this is done, the form is generally preserved but only the illusion of policy is created.”

Presidential leadership needn’t always cost money. Look for low- and no-cost options. They can be surprisingly effective.

Politics is human beings; it’s addition rather than subtraction.

Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war.

With the press there is no ‘off the record.’

If in doubt, don’t. If still in doubt, do what’s right.

Learn to say ‘I don’t know.’ If used when appropriate, it will be often.

Prune – prune businesses, products, activities, people. Do it annually.

Everyone’s saying you can’t do anything until you can do everything.

Simply because you do not have evidence that something exists does not mean that you have evidence that it doesn’t exist.

If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random.

Whatever your position, reach out to those who know more than you do, and have been around longer than you have. Find those people. Listen carefully. And learn.

There are a lot of people who lie and get away with it, and that’s just a fact.

Every day is filled with numerous opportunities for serious error. Enjoy it.

It isn’t making mistakes that’s critical; it’s correcting them and getting on with the principal task.

There are no “knowns.” There are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say there are things that we now know we don’t know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we do not know we don’t know.

Remember where you came from.

Every vocation becomes more agreeable when united with devotion.

Loyalty in relationships doesn’t mean you have to blindly agree or be silent.

I like to think, hopefully, people agree that I’m fashionable.

Whenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you, remember Christ crucified and be silent.

We admit as many genera as there are different groups of natural species of which the fructification has the same structure.

I agree that faith is essential to success in life, but I do not accept your definition of faith, i.e. belief in life after death.

Nations keep agreements, keep their treaties so long as they continue to do them good.

I agree that faith is essential to success in life, but I do not accept your definition of faith, i.e. belief in life after death.