Nixon Probably Was A Nice Guy.

When You Go Into A College Of Education You've Got Aspirations Of Making A Difference In People's Lives, Of Loving Children, Of Working With Kids, But None Of That Is Affirmed In Your College Of Education. Then You Go Working In Schools, Especially In Places Like New York City And Chicago That I'm Most Familiar With, And You Find These Huge Aspirations Are Beaten Out Of You In A Very Systematic Way - And Still People Persevere.

Hating War In Vietnam In 1965 Was Minority Position.

Every Politician - Fdr, Lyndon Johnson, Abraham Lincoln, Barack Obama - They're All Conservative By Nature. They Are Part Of The Big Thing And They're Moving In A Very Constrained World.

Certainly My Parents Were Dr. [benjamin] Spock-driven Parents. So They Were Tolerant.

There's Something So Remarkable In The Intensity Of Taking Care Of Somebody Who Can't Take Care Of Him Or Herself. And Then Watching That Little Person Bloom Into Adolescence.