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I Think With Lyndon Johnson, The Most Important Thing I Learned Was That He Never Had The Sense Of Security That Comes From Inside. It Always Depended On Other People Making Him Feel Good About Himself, Which Meant That He Was Always Beholden, Continually Needing To Succeed. He Could Never Stop. There Was Such A Restlessness In Him.

There Is A Sense Of Feeling Larger Than Your Own Life When You're In Some Common Mission Together. You Have To Hope It's Not Going To Take A War To Bring That Back To America Again. I Think Another Time When It Seemed To Be Here Was In The Early 1960s.

My Recurring Nightmare Is That Someday I Will Be Faced With A Panel: Franklin Roosevelt, John Kennedy And Lyndon Johnson All Of Whom Will Be Telling Me Everything I Got Wrong About Them. I Know That Johnson's Out There Saying, 'why Is It That What You Wrote About The Kennedys Is Twice As Long As The Book You Wrote About Me?

That Is What Leadership Is All About: Staking Your Ground Ahead Of Where Opinion Is And Convincing People, Not Simply Following The Popular Opinion Of The Moment.

I Think, As A President, You Have To Want Respect. You Can't Look For Love From The American People. You Have To Just Do What You Think Is Right. Some People Will Hate You, But Others, In The Long Run, Will Respect You For What You've Done.