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"The Secretary of Defense is not a super General or Admiral. His task is to exercise civilian control over the Department for the Commander-in-Chief and the country."
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"A salary is, to a man's employer, what his wife's vagina is to his wife: a tool used to (1) reward; and (2) control him."
"Stay calm and exercise restrain during your most desperate moment or you shall desperately say what when your desperation is over, you shall come to a later realization of what you shouldn't have say and notice how silence could have been the best option to mere words!"
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"Reduce the number of lawyers. They are like beavers - they get in the middle of the stream and dam it up."
"If a prospective Presidential approach can't be explained clearly enough to be understood well, it probably hasn't been thought through well enough. If not well understood by the American people, it probably won't "sail" anyway. Send it back for further thought."
"The Federal Government should be the last resort, not the first. Ask if a potential program is truly a federal responsibility or whether it can better be handled privately, by voluntary organizations, or by local or state governments."
"Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of publicity you receive."
"Don't automatically obey Presidential directives if you disagree or if you suspect he hasn't considered key aspects of the issue."
"Presidential leadership needn't always cost money. Look for low- and no-cost options. They can be surprisingly effective."
"Let your family, staff, and friends know that you're still the same person, despite all the publicity and notoriety that accompanies your position."
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