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Authority must be respected and chosen wisely.

The Iraqis need help establishing a government. We have to provide them with security.

The mandate you go with is intimidating and also is a source of respect that you gain, because you have come with this mandate from the United Nations.

A government of, for and by the people, requires much from the people.

In a democratic set-up, people who are being governed should also be a part of the governing system. They should be drafted into the governance.

If you're going to maintain true authorities over a subordinate organization, you have to have some control over policy formulation of that organization and also the resources that are applied to it.

Even military ministers have no more than a certain amount of control. It is customary that they have the right and the power to participate, from a political and military point of view, in the planning of actual operations.

The military wants a system that protects its policies and privileges.

Authority has to exist before it can be limited, and it is authority that is in scarce supply in those modernizing countries where government is at the mercy of alienated intellectuals, rambunctious colonels, and rioting students.

It will require a sustained military and financial commitment by the international community, working with the government of Afghanistan, to create the environment in which enduring democratic institutions can be established.