As a leader, one must sometimes take actions that are unpopular, or whose results will not be known for years to come.

The presidency, even to the most experienced politicians, is no bed of roses.

Things do not get better by being let alone. Unless they are adjusted, they explode with shattering detonation.

I really want to clear my life so that I have to make as few decisions as possible about anything except how to best serve this community.

My authoritarian and quick manner of making decisions led me to have serious problems and to be accused of being ultraconservative. I have never been a right-winger. It was my authoritarian way of making decisions that created problems.

I have always believed in evolving a consensus before taking any major decision.