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First you train the followers...

First you train the followers to accomplish the mission. Second, you resource them: Make sure that they have the tools to do the job. Third, you reward them: You give them medals or bonuses.

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Every organization needs to b...

Every organization needs to be introspective, transparent, and honest with itself. This only works if everyone is unified on the goals and purposes of the organization and there is trust within the team. High-performing, successful organizations build cultures of introspection and trust and never lose sight of their purpose.

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Poverty arises and persists w...

Poverty arises and persists where corruption is endemic and enterprise is stifled, where basic fairness provided by the rule of law is absent. In such circumstances, poverty is an assault against human dignity, and in that assault lies the natural seed of human anger

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A mirror reflects a man's fac...

A mirror reflects a man's face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses.

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Good leaders set vision, miss...

Good leaders set vision, missions, and goals. Great leaders inspire every follower at every level to internalize their purpose, and to understand that their purpose goes far beyond the mere details of their job. When everyone is united in purpose, a positive purpose that serves not only the organization but also, hopefully, the world beyond it, you have a winning team.

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Pissing people off doesn't me...

Pissing people off doesn't mean you're doing the right things, but doing the right things will almost inevitably piss people off.

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You need to understand, if yo...

You need to understand, if you take out a government, take out a regime, guess who becomes the government and regime and is responsible for the country? You are. So if you break it, you own it.

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We all hoped in 2001 that we ...

We all hoped in 2001 that we could put in place an Afghan government under President Karzai that would be able to control the country, make sure al-Qaeda didn't come back, and make sure the Taliban wasn't resurging. It didn't work out.

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What you're seeing with Occup...

What you're seeing with Occupy Wall Street and the others are people who are unhappy and they're directing their unhappiness now toward Wall Street and toward those they think are doing too well in our society.

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I consider myself a moderate ...

I consider myself a moderate Republican. I have very, very moderate social views, and I'm pretty strong on, on defense matters.

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We got rid of a terrible dict...

We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form of government.

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It isn't enough just to screa...

It isn't enough just to scream at the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations. We need our political system to start reflect this anger back into, 'How do we fix it? How do we get the economy going again?'

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Foe means enemy. Now, will we...

Foe means enemy. Now, will we have differences of opinion with the Russians? Yes. Will they get mad at us from time to time, and we get mad at them? That's part of the normal diplomatic relations.

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Standing in support of childr...

Standing in support of children is something we should all be able to get behind, regardless of party affiliation.

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Is there something wrong with...

Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer's no. That's not America. Is there something wrong with some seven-year-old Muslim American kid believing that he or she could be president?

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It's nice to say let's be bip...

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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Being kind doesn't mean being...

Being kind doesn't mean being soft or a wuss. Kindness is not a sign of weakness. It is a sign of confidence. If you have developed a reputation for kindness and consideration, then even the most unpleasant decisions will go down easier because everyone will understand why you are doing what you are doing. They will realize that your decision must be necessary, and is not arbitrary or without empathy. As the old saying puts it, 'To the world, you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.'

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Have fun in your command. Don...

Have fun in your command. Don't always run at a breakneck pace. Take leave when you've earned it, spend time with your families.

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In 2008, I spoke out against ...

In 2008, I spoke out against calling the president a Muslim as if that was a curse. And then in 2012, once again, I was very disturbed about some of the intolerance I was seeing in the party, so I made a statement saying there's a level of intolerance in some parts of the Republican Party. And there was, and I think there still is.

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I don't know that there is mu...

I don't know that there is much the United States can do except work with the international community.

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