decision Quotes

Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes... but no plans.

I threw my cup away when I saw a child drinking from his hands at the trough.

If you deprive yourself of outsourcing and your competitors do not, you're putting yourself out of business.

Those who believe that after I have left the government as prime minister, I will go into a permanent retirement, really should have their heads examined.

President Nixon was a pragmatic strategist. He would engage, not contain, China, but he would also quietly set pieces into place for a fallback position should China not play according to the rules as a good global citizen.

We are pragmatists. We don't stick to any ideology. Does it work? Let's try it, and if it does work, fine, let's continue it. If it doesn't work, toss it out, try another one. We are not enamored with any ideology.

Of-course we did, but we didn't reply because we knew once this leaks the others will scatter, so in the few days we moved quickly before the press got hold of it. The press did get hold of it a few days later, we nabbed, we were able to get 15, the others got away.

In July of 2004, I came out strongly against the war with Iraq because it was going to destabilize the Middle East.

I have made the tough decisions, always with an eye toward the bottom line. Perhaps it's time America was run like a business.

If I don't get along with Democrats, I'm sort of, like, out of business.