I mean, Emily Harris was his wife. And she seemed to resent his leadership, but on the other hand, she felt like a good soldier, that he had to be the leader.
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My wife was as much of a soldier as I was.
She did not admire him any more than she had. It was merely that she considered him the Lesser of two evils.
That moment was very important because it was political. That's what has to be done, so they struck a deal. She figures his is a well-thought-out motivation that she felt was worthy trade-off. The motivation here is survival, and she has to think like a leader.
In time, she learned to develop her own opinion of the people that she worked for, and she got stronger. Think she's now much stronger. In the beginning she wanted to believe she was strong but sometimes she faltered.
I admired Margaret Thatcher - while abhorring much of what she offered - because she was so clearly a leader of huge substance. Blair was the dismal opposite.
Military leaders aren't made. They are born. To be a good leader, you have to have something in your character to cause people to follow you.
My husband may have been in the military, but no one tells me which leader to follow.
A good commander is benevolent and unconcerned with fame.
The first lady must be a leader. She must not be a follower.