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“Wherever she spoke, Laura never failed to thank the military for their patriotism and their courage and to express sympathy for those who lost their loved ones. In private, Laura was the same way.”

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Book:Laura Bush: An Intimate Portrait of the First Lady

Source: Laura Bush: An Intimate Portrait of the First Lady

“Laura also tried to comfort her staff (after 9/11), but Kathi Card never saw fear in her. "Someone with a strong faith is not a fearful person." Card said.”

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Book:Laura Bush:An Intimate Portrait of the First Lady

Source: Laura Bush:An Intimate Portrait of the First Lady

“No one can imagine the kind of pressure being president of the U.S. imposes on an individual and how easily a president can be corrupted by power. To be in command of the most powerful country on earth, to be able to fly anywhere at a moment's notice, to be able to grant almost any wish, to take action that affects the lives of millions, is such a heady, intoxicating experience that only people with the most stable personalities and well-developed value systems can handle it.”

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Book:Laura Bush: An Intimate Portrait of the First Lady

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“He always approached things with big ideas and objectives," Dan Evans said, "Find the best people you can to pursue those goals. Lead them in that direction. Give them leadership through your trust in them, your determination, your courage. You commit yourself to it a hundred percent. And when it's over, it's over, and you move on...”

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Book:Laura Bush: An Intimate Portrait of the First Lady

Source: Laura Bush: An Intimate Portrait of the First Lady

“The White House is a character crucible," according to Bertram S. Brown, M.D., a psychiatrist who formerly headed the National Institute of Mental Health and was an aide to President John F. Kennedy. "It either creates or distorts character. Even if an individual is balanced, once someone becomes president how does one solve the conundrum of staying real and somewhat humble when one is surrounded by the most powerful office in the land, and from becoming overwhelmed by an at-times psychological environment that treats you every day as an emperor? Here is where the true strength of character of the person, not his past accmplishents , will determine whether his presidency ends in accomplishment or failure.”

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