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"Don't do or say things you would not like to see on the front page of The Washington Post."
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"Since there is no one else to praise me, I will praise myself -- will say that I have never tampered with a single tooth in my thought machine, such as it is. There are teeth missing, God knows -- some I was born without, teeth that will never grow. And other teeth have been stripped by the clutchless shifts of history -- But never have I willfully destroyed a tooth on a gear of my thinking machine. Never have I said to myself, 'This fact I can do without."
"But above all, above respect and esteem, there was a motive within her of good will which could not be overlooked. It was gratitude. - Gratitude, not merely for having once loved her, but for loving her still well enough, to forgive all the petulance and acrimony of her manner in rejecting him, and all the unjust accusations accompanying her rejection. He who, she had been persuaded, would avoid her as his greatest enemy, seemed, on this accidental meeting, most eager to preserve the acquaintance, and without any indelicate display of regard, or any peculiarity of manner, where their two selves only were concerned, was soliciting the good opinion of her friends, and bent on making her known to his sister."
"Why are you being so mean?''Friends tell friends the truth.''yeah, but not to hurt, to help."
"The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught."
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"Reduce the number of lawyers. They are like beavers - they get in the middle of the stream and dam it up."
"The Federal Government should be the last resort, not the first. Ask if a potential program is truly a federal responsibility or whether it can better be handled privately, by voluntary organizations, or by local or state governments."
"Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of publicity you receive."
"Let your family, staff, and friends know that you're still the same person, despite all the publicity and notoriety that accompanies your position."
"Don't divide the world into "them" and "us." Avoid infatuation with or resentment of the press, the Congress, rivals, or opponents. Accept them as facts. They have their jobs and you have yours."
"It isn't making mistakes that's critical; it's correcting them and getting on with the principal task."
"Many people around the President have sizeable egos before entering government, some with good reason. Their new positions will do little to moderate their egos."
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