We went into a war with absolute lack of foresight. I could have told them there would be an insurgency. It's the Middle East -- what were they thinking?

I was against this war from the beginning.

Stubbs may have envisaged the skeleton inside the horse, but most of us do not

He told me his daughter was going to get married.

They told us, ‘You don't have the capacity, you lack the technical ability and the moral fiber' ... I wanted folks to respect me for my ability and not the happenstance of my birth. If you want respect, you have to give respect.

Mentor: Someone whose hindsight can become your foresight