You`ve Got To Just Follow The Money

I Have Found Over The Years That The Most Important Way Of Getting People To Relax Is Self-deprecating Humor.

You Have To Keep A Sense Of Humor About Yourself, More Than Anything Else. You've Got To Take The Issues Very Seriously, But You Can't Take Yourself Too Seriously. And Washington Is A City In Which Everybody Takes Themselves Extraordinarily Seriously.

You And I And Almost All Americans Are Beneficiaries Of The New Economy. But We Are Also Losing Parts Of Our Lives To The New Economy - Aspects Of Our Family Lives, Our Friendships, Our Communities, Ourselves.

When Top Executives Get Huge Pay Hikes At The Same Time As Middle-level And Hourly Workers Lose Their Jobs And Retirement Savings, Or Have To Accept Negligible Pay Raises And Cuts In Health And Pension Benefits, Company Morale Plummets. I Hear It All The Time From Employees: This Company, They Say, Is Being Run Only For The Benefit Of The People At The Top. So Why Should We Put In Extra Effort, Commit Extra Hours, Take On Extra Responsibilities? We'll Do The Minimum, Even Cut Corners. This Is Often The Death Knell Of A Company.

We Can't Know In Advance What History Is Going To Say, But I Would Be Utterly Amazed And Surprised If This Entire Adventure, This Entire Iraqi Invasion From The Beginning Of Its Inception, Were Not Judged To Be An Utter Failure And A Terrible, Terrible Thing For The World.