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"Well, when you come down to it, I don't see that a reporter could do much to a president, do you?"

"There's never a dearth of reasons to shoot at the President."

"One of your tasks is to separate the "personal" from the "substantive." The two can become confused, especially if someone rubs the President wrong."

"When George Washington was elected president, there was no national vote."

"Anytime the president visits Nebraska its good for Nebraska."

"The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is president."

"The President would usually talk to me about matters relating to the immigration problem."

"I don't know the answer to that question. I don't think it matters to the fundamental question here because at bottom, this president believes in non-discrimination."
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"I am concerned about the whole man. I am concerned about what the people, using their government as an instrument and a tool, can do toward building the whole man, which will mean a better society and a better world."

"Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but to stand there and take it."

"Presidents quickly realize that while a single act might destroy the world they live in, no one single decision can make life suddenly better or can turn history around for the good."

"We live in a world that has narrowed into a neighborhood before it has broadened into a brotherhood."

"There is but one way for a president to deal with Congress, and that is continuously, incessantly, and without interruption. If it is really going to work, the relationship has got to be almost incestuous."

"Our most tragic error may have been our inability to establish a rapport and a confidence with the press and television with the communication media. I don't think the press has understood me."
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