Lyndon Johnson realized he really was President, that his identity had changed by President Kennedy's shocking death, when aides who had been like fa…

- Nancy Gibbs

While we meant to invite debate about some ways the word was used this year, that nuance was lost, and we regret that its inclusion has become a dist…

- Nancy Gibbs

If you want to humble an empire it makes sense to maim its cathedrals. They are symbols of its faith, and when they crumple and burn, it tells us we …

- Nancy Gibbs

[Former chief executives] come away thinking that America needs a strong, functioning presidency to succeed, and they become very protective of that …

- Nancy Gibbs

Maybe as times get worse we get better. Our pain makes us feel other people's too; our fear lets us practice valor; we are tense, and tender as well.…

- Nancy Gibbs

Of all ennobling sentiments, patriotism may be the most easily manipulated. On the one hand, it gives powerful expression to what is best in a nation…

- Nancy Gibbs

In his final remarks to the White House staff, on the day he resigned his office, Nixon applied a version of the lesson to himself. “Always remember,…

- Nancy Gibbs

Praise of blame in the moment means little: it is how their decisions play out over time that matters, and so the redemption they're looking for is o…

- Nancy Gibbs

Eisenhower had run the Army; he knew all the ways decision making can go off the rails, and insisted on collective debate precisely to prevent senior…

- Nancy Gibbs