George C. Scott, man, was a powerful dude.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
George Tenet was actually a very strong centralizing force. If you met George by personality, George met with the president six days out of seven: nontrivial attribute inside the federal government. And George was head of the CIA.
Ronald Reagan was a president of strength. His philosophy was a philosophy of strength - a strong military, a strong economy and strong families.
Whatever you thought of his politics, Ronald Reagan was a great man, a courageous man. He took an assassin's bullet and joked to the doctors as they desperately worked to save his life.
The most powerful men were those who most effectively used the power of adult competence to enforce childish agreements.
Hoover was a patriot in his heart, but he definitely exceeded his power.
George Saunders is a complete genius.
Ronald Reagan, whatever his pros and cons were, was a public servant in the end.
I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power.
You think of George Washington, this man who was larger than life, and in some ways he was. But at the same time, he's just a person.
Franklin Roosevelt was a great leader. He saw how to use the levers of power to affect change.