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It's a fantasy that we could have a president who could actually make choices based on what's right, rather than having to weigh the political fallout. But that's sort of what we're showing. And you can dream.

Ted Turner is still a leader. And he sets a great example. His ability financially has been reduced, but his influence and his example still is an important asset to the whole environmental movement.

We need a president who realizes that there's no government business in show business.

A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it.

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

I have decided not to run for president.

What can one man do even if he is the president?

I've never felt powerful enough to write a true political novel, or deeply knowledgeable enough to draw a character like, say, Tolstoy's Prince Kutuzov.