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You will launch many projects, but have time to finish only a few. So think, plan, develop, launch and tap good people to be responsible. Give them authority and hold them accountable. Trying to do too much yourself creates a bottleneck.
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When asked for your views, by the press or others, remember that what they really want to know is the President's views.
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There are a lot of people who lie and get away with it, and that's just a fact.
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The price of being close to the President is delivering bad news. You fail him if you don't tell him the truth. Others won't do it.
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The Federal Government should be the last resort, not the first. Ask if a potential program is truly a federal responsibility or whether it can better be handled privately, by voluntary organizations, or by local or state governments.
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Members of the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate are not there by accident. Each managed to get there for some reason. Learn what it was and you will know something important about them, about our country and about the American people.
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Look for what's missing. Many advisors can tell a President how to improve what's proposed or what's gone amiss. Few are able to see what isn't there.
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If you try to please everybody, somebody's not going to like it.
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First rule of politics: you can't win unless you're on the ballot. Second rule: If you run, you may lose. And, if you tie, you do not win.
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Be yourself. Follow your instincts. Success depends, at least in part, on the ability to "carry it off."
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