Dan Quayle Quotes

If we cannot keep secrets, it is impossible for our leaders to have the adequate information on which to base their policies.

As Vice President one of the things I spend time on is the continuity of government; that's the main reason I'm here is a back up for the President if anything happens to him.

In my view, it is important that our national government exercise leadership to improve the resiliency of the entire nation in the face of continuing extreme weather.

There is no question that FEMA and the National Emergency Response System did not fail America the day that Katrina hit. They failed the day before and the days before that.

It’s not the plans, it’s the people. I think we should have Defense Department people.

In history lies all the secrets of statecraft.

A manager has to have all different sides covered.

As a captain, you sit on the sidelines and it's evident the best place to bat is up front.

Without an identity, you cannot plan and you cannot convince a player to do what you want.

Good direction is often based on the ability to communicate.

I don't want to put my game plan out there for everybody to see it and read it and teams can scheme. It just doesn't make a lot of sense.

In the Army, we address a crisis by identifying critical objectives, planning a response, marshaling resources and communicating the plan clearly.

Timing is very important in politics.

We have a strict radio protocol and structure how our decisions are made. This is how we've won so many races.

Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night.

Let us not confuse objectives with methods. Too many so-called leaders of the nation fail to see the forest because of the trees. Too many of them fail to recognize the vital necessity of planning for definite objectives. True leadership calls for the setting forth of the objectives and the rallying of public opinion in support of these objectives.

Another way to be prepared is to think negatively. Yes, I'm a great optimist. but, when trying to make a decision, I often think of the worst case scenario. I call it 'the eaten by wolves factor.' If I do something, what's the most terrible thing that could happen? Would I be eaten by wolves? One thing that makes it possible to be an optimist, is if you have a contingency plan for when all hell breaks loose. There are a lot of things I don't worry about, because I have a plan in place if they do.

I'm a war president. I make decisions here in the Oval Office in foreign policy matters with war on my mind.

Control your time. If you're working off your in-box, you're working off the priorities of others. Be sure the staff is working on what you move to them from the President, or the President will be reacting, not leading.

The real heart of strategy is the strategist.

And one of the things that I'm most concerned about is the confidence, the confidentiality of those kind of meetings between President and Russian Foreign Minister, as you know, are extremely important. And so, I am really concerned about kind of leaks, because it undermines everybody's trust in that kind of an environment where you can have frank, candid, and often times unconventional conversations to try to protect American interests and secure the American people.

This idea of having back-up plans is ingrained into us to make us believe that that's the smart thing to do.

I have some state secrets I will take with me to paradise.

The necessity of procuring good Intelligence is apparent & need not be further urged-All that remains for me to add, is, that you keep the whole matter as secret as possible. For upon Secrecy, Success depends in most Enterprizes of the kind, and for want of it, they are generally defeated, however well planned & promising a favourable issue.

If you don't have a strategy, you're part of someone else's strategy.