In the past a leader was a boss. Today's leaders must be partners with their people... they no longer can lead solely based on positional power.

Because power corrupts society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.

Power and position often make a man trifle with the truth.

Will power is only the tensile strength of one's own disposition. One cannot increase it by a single ounce.

One of the really positive things about minority government is that there is the necessity to broker policy positions. What happens is you get a hybrid of what a single party might do. And I don't think that is a bad thing.

I would like to do something dark or small. I love independent films. I love emotional scenes. I love people who are struggling with something. I think it's just the juxtaposition to my incredibly happy positive demeanor.

If the amount of money going into the war economy were invested in landscape restoration we would be in a far more positive position. It may get a little dire before we pull together but I think when the prosperous nations and in particular the U.S. realize they're wrecking their own kids' lives there will be a mass change in value.

As a person who is not confrontational by disposition I tend to see that the quality of being confrontational is a positive attribute.

I think what is happening is I think first of all there is confidence in the U.K. economy. We're in a German rather than a Greek position in international financial markets which is very positive and keeps our debt service costs down and we're also beginning to see real evidence of rebalancing.

'Yes' is a far more potent word than 'no' in American politics. By adopting the positions which animate the political agenda for the other side one can disarm them and leave them sputtering with nothing to say.