A president either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt that I could let up for a moment.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but to stand there and take it.
The thing about looking back over Clinton's presidency, and probably anybody's presidency, is that when you look back, the events all line up in a way that makes sense. At the time, you don't know where it's going.
I've never been a fan of presidents who place blame on their predecessors or who accept credit for events that couldn't have been engineered so soon in their tenure.
It has been my privilege on various occasions to converse with presidents of the United States and important men in other governments. At the close of each such occasion, I have reflected on the rewarding experience of standing with confidence in the presence of an acknowledged leader.
Being president is like running a cemetery: you've got a lot of people under you and nobody's listening.
You got to have people at the top who respond to and are selected by presidents.
As someone who has more than a passing acquaintance with most of the 20th century presidents, I have often thought that their accomplishments have little staying power in shaping popular views of their leadership.
The president, clearly as a result of the war and the afterglow of the war, is in a time of great attention.
A President doesn't have a terribly long time to talk to people who are not really on the agenda.
A President cannot always be popular.
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