It's nice to say let's be bipartisan. But we're a partisan nation. We were raised as a partisan nation.

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Too often we act - ask our schools to be truant officers, our teachers to...

Too often we act - ask our schools to be truant officers, our teachers to...

Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror.

Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror.

Experts often possess more data than judgment.

Experts often possess more data than judgment.

But just as they did in Philadelphia when they were writing the constitution, sooner or...

But just as they did in Philadelphia when they were writing the constitution, sooner or...

Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work...

Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work...

Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff.

Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff.

It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.

It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.

Don't be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.

Don't be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.

The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading...

The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading...

Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt,...

Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt,...

They were anticipating a different kind of immediate aftermath of the fall of Baghdad, it...

They were anticipating a different kind of immediate aftermath of the fall of Baghdad, it...

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and...

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and...

Keep looking below surface appearances. Don't shrink from doing so just because you might not...

Keep looking below surface appearances. Don't shrink from doing so just because you might not...

No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.

No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.

Organization doesn't really accomplish anything. Plans don't accomplish anything, either. Theories of management don't much...

Organization doesn't really accomplish anything. Plans don't accomplish anything, either. Theories of management don't much...

I try to be the same person I was yesterday.

I try to be the same person I was yesterday.

Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word; and not just...

Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word; and not just...

Seven wealthy towns contend for Homer dead, Through which the living Homer begged his bread

Seven wealthy towns contend for Homer dead, Through which the living Homer begged his bread

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part...

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part...

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is...

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is...