When we got into office, the thing that surprised me most was to find that things were just as bad as we'd been saying they were.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Bad as was being shot by some of our own troops in the battle of the Wilderness, - that was an honest mistake, one of the accidents of war, - being shot at, since the war, by many officers, was worse.
It strikes me that presidential campaigns can often bring out the worst as well as the best in us.
The greatest mistake I made was not to die in office.
I was, in the 1960s, in a marriage. To use the word 'bad' would be perhaps the understatement of the year. It was dreadful.
I felt Clinton represented the worst of the 1960s.
I had worked for George Bush as a speechwriter, and I read a lot of White House memoirs. They all have two themes: 'It Wasn't My Fault' and 'It Would Have Been Much Worse if I Hadn't Been There.'
I thank God that I left office the same way I came in: with integrity.
The main thing that I learned from my horrible job experiences was how horrible they were.
We hate those in power in Washington D.C. and anything bad that happens to them is good for us.
I don't say bad things about my Republican colleagues, ever.