Presidents quickly realize that while a single act might destroy the world they live in, no one single decision can make life suddenly better or can turn history around for the good.
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Presidents make their hard decisions and then abide forever with their mistakes and regrets.
Presidents have an impact on the nature of our nation.
Success in war underpins the claims to greatness of many presidents.
When the President makes something a priority, we see action.
At the end of the day, when it comes time to make that decision, as president, all you have to guide you are your values, and your vision, and the life experiences that make you who you are.
Presidents always want to do nice, noble, long-run things, and Congress is less keen to do so. We've seen that throughout the history of this country.
One right decision doth not a great president make.
From Jefferson to Jackson to Lincoln to FDR to Reagan, every great president inspires enormous affection and enormous hostility. We'll all be much saner, I think, if we remember that history is full of surprises and things that seemed absolutely certain one day are often unimaginable the next.
Nixon had this remarkably effective, deeply intense will to power. Reagan and I have a will to ideas.
The greatest presidents have been those who demonstrated astute judgment in times of crisis - often despite the advice they were getting.
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