Management did not emanate from nature. Management is not a tree: it's a television set. Somebody invented it. It doesn't mean it's going to work forever. Management is great. Traditional notions of management are great if you want compliance. But if you want engagement, self-direction works better.

Diverse perspectives lead to a better outcome. There's so much data, when you look at the math, in terms of the investor returns and the shareholder value that gets created from more diverse boards.

A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.

If it is not possible for me to go somewhere and to be willing to encounter people with different views, then I'm really not doing my job.

The legislator learns that when you talk a lot, you get in trouble. You have to listen a lot to make deals.

If you will help run our government in the American way, then there will never be any danger of our government running America in the wrong way.