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I'm not into this detail stuff. I'm more concepty.

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Go massive. Sweep it all up. Things related and not.

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It is easier to get into something than to get out of it.

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The most underestimated risk for a politician is overexposure.

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If you try to please everybody, somebody's not going to like it.

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There will be good moments, and there will be less good moments.

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

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Think ahead. Don't let day-to-day operations drive out planning.

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Public servants are paid to serve the American people. Do it well.

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Arguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip you up.

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I stand for 8-10 hours a day. Why is standing limited to four hours?

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When starting at the bottom, be willing to learn from those at the top.

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In unanimity there may well be either cowardice or uncritical thinking.

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

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

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Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was - by a taxpayer.

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

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[Osama bin Laden is] either alive and well or alive and not too well or not alive.

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Don't speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn't walk in their shoes.

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

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Is it likely that an aircraft carrier or a cruise missile is going to find a person?

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I'm glad you asked. It has nothing to do with oil, literally nothing to do with oil.

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If you foul up, tell the President and correct it fast. Delay only compounds mistakes.

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The natural state of man is to want to be free. To have opportunities. To have choices.
On Arab Spring, saying that he wasn't surprised by popular uprisings of Libya, Egypt, and Tunisia

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Now, you're thinking of Europe as Germany and France. I don't. I think that's old Europe.

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In politics, every day is filled with numerous opportunities for serious error. Enjoy it.

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Don't do or say things you would not like to see on the front page of The Washington Post.

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In the execution of Presidential decisions work to be true to his views, in fact and tone.

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It's a difficult thing today to be informed about our government even without all the secrecy.

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When someone with a rural accent says, "I don't know much about politics," zip up your pockets.

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