If she was making the right and courageous decisions, he thought, she was nonetheless unhappy and somewhat resentful about doing it

He wanted to be respectable rather than powerful; he did not want the controversy that went with power.

Nixon under pressure turned only to reporters from publications already favorable to him; Kennedy, in trouble, turned to those most critical and dubious of him, and if anything tended to take those already for him a bit for granted.

Decisiveness is the number one quality of a dynamic leader; his ability to communicate a decision with passion and integrity is an art form.

Великое дело, если человек решил что-нибудь для себя! Решил - и ни в какую, хоть лопни, не переменит своего решения. А если переменит, грош ему цена.

If you're a reporter, the easiest thing in the world is to get a story. The hardest thing is to verify. The old sins were about getting something wrong, that was a cardinal sin. The new sin is to be boring.