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"Some years ago I became president of Columbia University and learned within 24 hours to be ready to speak at the drop of a hat, and I learned something more, the trustees were expected to be ready to speak at the passing of the hat."
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"I can't believe George Bush might be president."
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"George W. Bush is not only a great president; he was a great candidate."
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"One of your tasks is to separate the "personal" from the "substantive." The two can become confused, especially if someone rubs the President wrong."
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"The longer the president goes without telling his side of the story, the more unease there will be in the public."
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"I support the president 100 percent - when he's right."
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"It's pretty hard to say no when a vice president-elect and a president-elect ask you to be part of the national team."
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"But even the President of the United States sometimes must have to stand naked."
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"When asked for your views, by the press or others, remember that what they really want to know is the President's views."
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"If I hadn't been President of the United States, I probably would have ended up a piano player in a bawdy house."
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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?"
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"If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom."
Medical

"I don't like the idea of something where you have to depend upon the integrity of the man and not the integrity of the institution."
Integrity

"Extremes to the right and to the left of any political dispute are always wrong."
Politics

"I can think of nothing more boring for the American people than to have to sit in their living rooms for a whole half hour looking at my face on their television screens."
People

"This is what I found out about religion: It gives you courage to make decisions you must make in a crisis and then the confidence to leave the result to a Higher Power. Only by trust in God can a man carrying responsibility find repose."
Faith

"Morale is the greatest single factor in successful wars."
War

"Our pleasures were simple - they included survival."
Survival

"Never waste a minute thinking about people you don't like."
Life

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

"Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it."
Leadership
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