I fired a lot of senior people myself and I think the key, when you feel compelled to remove a senior official, is essentially to have all your ducks in a row at the beginning. Have everybody understand what the rationale was.
A wild and crazy weekend involves sitting on the front porch, smoking a cigar, reading a book. - Robert M. Gates
A wild and crazy weekend involves sitting on the front porch, smoking a cigar, reading a book.
- Robert M. Gates
No policy has proved more successful in making friends for the United States, during the cold war and since, than educating students from abroad at o… - Robert M. Gates
No policy has proved more successful in making friends for the United States, during the cold war and since, than educating students from abroad at o…
In my opinion, any future defense secretary who advises the president to again send a big American land army into Asia or into the Middle East or Afr… - Robert M. Gates
In my opinion, any future defense secretary who advises the president to again send a big American land army into Asia or into the Middle East or Afr…
Congress is best viewed from a distance - the farther the better - because up close, it is truly ugly. - Robert M. Gates
Congress is best viewed from a distance - the farther the better - because up close, it is truly ugly.
Often, loyalty means telling people things they don't want to hear. It's not being sycophantic, it's not telling them how wonderful they are every da… - Robert M. Gates
Often, loyalty means telling people things they don't want to hear. It's not being sycophantic, it's not telling them how wonderful they are every da…
One of my favorite little sayings is, 'To avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing. - Robert M. Gates
One of my favorite little sayings is, 'To avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.
Most governments lie to each other. That's the way business gets done. - Robert M. Gates
Most governments lie to each other. That's the way business gets done.
I think in the context of senior government positions, I think an anecdote of what I told President-Elect Barack Obama when we had our first meeting.… - Robert M. Gates
I think in the context of senior government positions, I think an anecdote of what I told President-Elect Barack Obama when we had our first meeting.…
It has become clear that America's civilian institutions of diplomacy and development have been chronically undermanned and underfunded for far too l… - Robert M. Gates
It has become clear that America's civilian institutions of diplomacy and development have been chronically undermanned and underfunded for far too l…
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