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As you look back in history, we [the United States] have done wonderful things, the Marshal Plan is the most obvious. After World War II, we spent billions of dollars to rebuild Europe or at least part of Europe after the devastation of World War II. We did it out of charity, but we also did it to keep the Russians from getting deeply into Europe.

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To people who remember JFK's assassination, JFK Jr. will probably always be that boy saluting his father's coffin.

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Legacy is what a president does that affects later generations.

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The original thing that fascinated me most was why we expect leaders, and especially presidents, at times to destroy themselves - and that's a sign o…

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I'm defining [presidential courage] pretty narrowly. It's not only taking a big political risk but it's also the risk that in the hindsight of histor…

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The Founding Fathers would be sorry to see that America had become so divided and factionalized.

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Lincoln was able to say, you know, "It will make me very unhappy if I lose the presidency, but I'm committed to larger things." If you look at candid…

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You have to raise $100 million, probably, to be serious.

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