By Trying To Do Too Much, You

The Core Of The Concept Of A Bribe Is An Inducement Improperly Influencing The Performance Of A Public Function Meant To Be Gratuitously Exercised.

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[on President Clinton's Address:] It Was The Worst Inaugural Address Of Our Lifetime, And I Think The Only Controversy Will Be Between Those Who Say It Was Completely And Utterly Banal And Those Who Say, 'well, Not Completely And Utterly.

You Can Get So Well Educated In America That Your Thoughts Become Detached From Common Sense. You Can Get So Complicated In Your Thinking That The Obvious Isn't Real To You Anymore.

In A President, Character Is Everything. A President Doesn't Have To Be Brilliant... He Doesn't Have To Be Clever; You Can Hire Clever... You Can Hire Pragmatic, And You Can Buy And Bring In Policy Wonks. But You Cant Buy Courage And Decency, You Cant Rent A Strong Moral Sense. A President Must Bring Those Things With Him. He Needs To Have, In That Much Maligned Word, But A Good One Nonetheless, A Vision Of The Future He Wishes To Create.. But A Vision Is Worth Little If A President Doesn't Have The Character - The Courage And Heart - To See It Through.