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"It's easy to make good decisions when there are no bad options."
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"My feeling is unless they've somebody lined up and they are convinced he is going to be better than Brian, I think their decision has been made in haste."

"New Zealand's taken some very significant decisions in relation to defence in the last two years."

"The issue is privacy. Why is the decision by a woman to sleep with a man she has just met in a bar a private one, and the decision to sleep with the same man for $100 subject to criminal penalties?"

"Don't be a bottleneck. If a matter is not a decision for the President or you, delegate it. Force responsibility down and out. Find problem areas, add structure and delegate. The pressure is to do the reverse. Resist it."

"There is a tremendous amount of support for the approach we have taken, which again is to base our decisions on risk analysis and thoughtful scientific process."

"A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion."

"As the leaders and decision-makers of this great state, it is our responsibility to strive for perfection."

"The offhand decision of some commonplace mind high in office at a critical moment influences the course of events for a hundred years."

"See that the President, the Cabinet and staff are informed. If cut out of the information flow, their decisions may be poor, not made, or not confidently or persuasively implemented."
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"Laziness is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it's only kept a secret from the person who fails."


"People try to live within their income so they can afford to pay taxes to a government that can't live within its income."
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