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“In my clinical experience, always trusting your feelings or jumping to conclusions that you know what others are thinking, without any supporting evidence, are seen as examples of cognitive distortions.”

Book:Cynical Therapies: Perspectives on the Antitherapeutic Nature of Critical Social Justice

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“The President is also captured in a well-worn TV news clip, making a boilerplate response to a question on terrorism and then asking the reporters to watch his drive. Well, that's what you get if you catch the President on a golf course. If Eisenhower had done this, as he often did, it would have been presented as calm statesmanship. If Clinton had done it, as he often did, it would have shown his charm.”

United States Television Golf Terrorism Charm Hypocrisy War On Terror Double Standards Statesmanship Bill Clinton George W Bush Dwight D Eisenhower

Book:Christopher Hitchens and His Critics: Terror, Iraq, and the Left

Source: Christopher Hitchens and His Critics: Terror, Iraq, and the Left

“He was the most persuasive speaker, less for his words than character behind them. He made every listener feel he had done his best to master every aspect of this question, who has been driven by logic to arrive at certain conclusions, and who is disguising from us no argument on either side.”

Objectivity Statesmanship

Book:The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914

Source: The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914

“The difference between a Statesman and a Politician is that a Statesman is versed in the history behind the policies, thus rooted deep into bedrock beliefs that are not easily swayed by party politics or financial gain.”

Politicians Statesmanship Statesman Political Courage Political Process Political Principles

Author:A.E. Samaan

“Statesmen should remember that they have been elected to persuade and to lead, and not just to accept as fixed the momentary moods and pernicious prejudices of the public.”

Leadership Vision Statesmanship

Book:World Disorders: Troubled Peace in the Post-Cold War Era

Source: World Disorders: Troubled Peace in the Post-Cold War Era

“Politics look very simple to the outsider whether he is a businessman or a soldier – it is only when you get into it that all the angles and hard work become apparent. James Forrestal”

Leadership Persuasion Professionalism Statesmanship

Book:1948: Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that Transformed America

Source: 1948: Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that Transformed America

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