And we took the appropriate action.

We're either going to have to make up our mind whether to do the tough stuff necessary.

There is no painless way to do that.

You cannot waffle.

Trust to make the right decisions; trust to block the wrong decisions.

We will see where we go from here.

I see no reason to waver on any of this, and I simply am not going to do that.

I tried my best never to shut them down with a quick 'no.'

No, I've not already made it.

I'd like to just weigh all the options and go for the best qualified candidate.

These decisions are not easy, but he's been at the forefront of planning for this critical restructuring.

I believe the answer would be a few weeks, something of that nature.

No, I want everybody to be right with me on everything I do.

That's what I've authorized.

I believe that the essence of it, though, is that the election will be decided ultimately by that very calm, very reasoned, very sober analysis of the issues.

These are decisions we'll be making all at once on November the 4th when we vote.

I've found from experience that the most difficult questions...are the ones on which my own advisers are split almost exactly fifty-fifty.

True democracy requires the active participation of its citizens in the decision-making process.