A system under which it takes three men to check what one is doing is not control; it is systematic strangulation.

To doubt one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man. Don't defend past actions; what is right today may be wrong tomorrow. Don't be consistent; consistency is the refuge of fools.

The man in charge must concern himself with details. If he does not consider them important, neither will his subordinates.

When the men in Russia foul up, they are dismisses, sometimes losing their necks. But we protect those who fail and press them to the government bosom.