As a president, you have to want respect. You can't look for love from the American people. You have to just do what you think is right. Some people will hate you, but others, in the long run, will respect you for what you've done.
Good leadership requires you to surround yourself with people of diverse perspectives who can disagree with you without fear of retaliation.
Journalism still, in a democracy, is the essential force to get the public educated and mobilized to take action on behalf of our ancient ideals.
Once a president gets to the White House, the only audience that is left that really matters is history.
Politicians generally form alliances and not friendships.
That is what leadership is all about: staking your ground ahead of where opinion is and convincing people, not simply following the popular opinion of the moment.
The past is not simply the past, but a prism through which the subject filters his own changing self-image.
To lead successfully, you must be willing to acknowledge and learn from your mistakes.
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