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I Think With Lyndon Johnson, The Most Important Thing I Learned Was That He Never Had The Sense Of Security That Comes From Inside. It Always Depended On Other People Making Him Feel Good About Himself, Which Meant That He Was Always Beholden, Continually Needing To Succeed. He Could Never Stop. There Was Such A Restlessness In Him.

The White House Is Such An Extraordinary, Simple, Beautiful Place. It's An Extraordinary Piece Of Our History, Because It Is The One Thing That Binds Our Country Together. We Don't Have A King Obviously, But We Have This President, And The Fact That Almost All Of Them Have Lived In The Same Place, And So Much History Took Place In Those Rooms. You Can't Help But Feel Awe-inspired By Being There.

(from John Hay's Diary) “the President Never Appeared To Better Advantage In The World,” Hay Proudly Noted In His Diary. “though He Knows How Immense Is The Danger To Himself From The Unreasoning Anger Of That Committee, He Never Cringed To Them For An Instant. He Stood Where He Thought He Was Right And Crushed Them With His Candid Logic.

Where's The Progress That We're Going To See In Afghanistan? You Have To Keep Public Support Both On The Economy And The War Or These Things Will Really Become Troubling.

I Think Confidence Comes From Doing Something Well, Working At It Hard, And You Build It Up. It's Not Something You're Born With. You Have To Build The Confidence As You Go Along.