Too often we act - ask our schools to be truant officers, our teachers to be truant officers, because we're giving them children who have, you know, they're not ready to learn. And if they're not ready to learn by…

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It's a disgrace that we have millions of people who are uninsured, but at the...

It's a disgrace that we have millions of people who are uninsured, but at the...

Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.

Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.

Giving back involves a certain amount of giving up.

Giving back involves a certain amount of giving up.

Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position goes,...

Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position goes,...

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...

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.

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.

The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will...

The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will...

We have gone forth from our shores repeatedly over the last hundred years and we've...

We have gone forth from our shores repeatedly over the last hundred years and we've...

You don't know what you can get away with until you try.

You don't know what you can get away with until you try.

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...

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...

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

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

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in...

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in...

Look for intelligence and judgment and, most critically, a capacity to anticipate, to see around...

Look for intelligence and judgment and, most critically, a capacity to anticipate, to see around...

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

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

Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your...

Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your...

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...

So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to...

So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to...

Some people asked me if I would be interested in managing the A's. I said...

Some people asked me if I would be interested in managing the A's. I said...