Government Caters To Those Screaming The Loudest, Regardless Of What They're Screaming About. In Business, It's Exactly The Opposite! You Invest More In The Most Successful Departments, And Less In Those That Aren't Performing.
We Need Our President To Be Successful Because Our Futures Are All Tied To The Success Of America, Which Means America's Government, Which Means, In Essence, The President.
I've Got The Greatest Job In The World. There's No Other Job In Government Where Cause And Effect Is So Tightly Coupled Where You Can Make A Difference Every Day In So Many Different Ways And In So Many Different People's Lives. It's A Great Challenge.
Taxes Are Not Good Things, But If You Want Services, Somebody's Got To Pay For Them So They're A Necessary Evil.
I Like What I See When I Look In The Mirror. If I Get Sentimental, I Look And Say, "uh. It's A Bad Day. They Beat Up On Me," This, That, And The Other Thing. But Ya Know? We've Spent One Billion Trying To Convince People To Not Smoke. It's Been Phenomenally Successful. We've Probably Saved Millions Of Lives. There Aren't Many People That Have Done That. So, You Know, When I Get To Heaven, I'm Not Sure I'm Gonna Stand For An Interview. I'm Going Right In.
I Think If You Look At People, Whether In Business Or Government, Who Haven't Had Any Moral Compass, Who've Just Changed To Say Whatever They Thought The Popular Thing Was, In The End They're Losers.
I Think The Greek New Testament Is The Strongest And Most Successful Misreading Of A Great Prior Text In The Entire History Of Influence.
The Most Successful Tyranny Is Not The One That Uses Force To Assure Uniformity But The One That Removes The Awareness Of Other Possibilities, That Makes It Seem Inconceivable That Other Ways Are Viable, That Removes The Sense That There Is An Outside.
I Always Considered Myself Very Successful Even Before The Success Of Secrets And Lies.
