I think one of the keys to leadership is recognizing that everybody has gifts and talents. A good leader will learn how to harness those gifts toward the same goal.

Who can lead his men is not a good leader. Who can respect them, is.

A good leader must be fair.

I've seen him waver on too many issues to think he'd make a good leader. You can't have a leader who is not firm in his decisions.

I think overall, from a deputy, from an undersecretary standpoint, the goal of a good leader is to get diversity across there. Geographical diversity is important. Industry diversity is important: you can't have all corn growers... Not only that, you've got gender diversity, you've got racial diversity.

It is always better for a leader to be revered rather than feared.