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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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"A President's hardest task is not to do what is right, but to know what is right."
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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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"The President is going to benefit from me reporting directly to him when I arrive."
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Personal Development
"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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Personal Development
"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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"The President had every reason to believe that the text presented to him was sound... These 16 words should never have been included in the text written for the president."
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"I'm a huge Obama fan. I think it's such an unbelievably great thing to have a President who's competent and not insane."
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"I believe that transatlantic relations are very important and that President Bush's visit to Brussels, in a few days, will have a major impact on that."
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"If the President really wanted to know exactly how Rove and Libby were involved, he could walk down to their offices and demand that they answer him honestly."
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"Most of the things that need to be said about the President are things he can't say himself."
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"Prune - prune businesses, products, activities, people. Do it annually."
People
"Test ideas in the marketplace. You learn from hearing a range of perspectives. Consultation helps engender the support decisions need to be successfully implemented."
Creativity
"Don't do or say things you would not like to see on the front page of The Washington Post."
Integrity
"Preserve the President's options. He may need them."
Politics
"Public servants are paid to serve the American people. Do it well."
People
"In our system leadership is by consent, not command. To lead a President must persuade. Personal contacts and experiences help shape his thinking. They can be critical to his persuasiveness and thus to his leadership."
Leadership
"Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war."
Death
"Imagine, a September 11 with weapons of mass destruction. It's not 3,000. It's tens of thousands of innocent men, women and children."
Woman
"See that the President, the Cabinet and staff are informed. If cut out of the information flow, their decisions may be poor, not made, or not confidently or persuasively implemented."
Decision-Making
"Don't say "the White House wants." Buildings can't want."
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