A leader's role is to raise people's aspirations for what they can become and to release their energies so they will try to get there.

Quote by David R Gergen

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How in heaven's name can a nation with a $1 trillion surplus threaten so much...

How in heaven's name can a nation with a $1 trillion surplus threaten so much...

When he hung up on Nancy Reagan, that's when he crossed his final threshold.

When he hung up on Nancy Reagan, that's when he crossed his final threshold.

We know that second terms have historically been marred by hubris and by scandal.

We know that second terms have historically been marred by hubris and by scandal.

We've seen the hubris. And now we're seeing the scandals.

We've seen the hubris. And now we're seeing the scandals.

Ronald Reagan is clearly to television what Franklin Roosevelt was to radio.

Ronald Reagan is clearly to television what Franklin Roosevelt was to radio.

I suppose I should get a VCR, but the only thing I like about television...

I suppose I should get a VCR, but the only thing I like about television...

The difference between writing a book and being on television is the difference between conceiving...

The difference between writing a book and being on television is the difference between conceiving...

Television has raised writing to a new low.

Television has raised writing to a new low.

I think a newspaper should be provocative, stir 'em up, but you can't do that...

I think a newspaper should be provocative, stir 'em up, but you can't do that...

If vaudeville had died, television was the box they put it in.

If vaudeville had died, television was the box they put it in.

Newspapers, television networks, and magazines have sometimes been outrageously abusive, untruthful, arrogant, and hypocritical. But...

Newspapers, television networks, and magazines have sometimes been outrageously abusive, untruthful, arrogant, and hypocritical. But...

Glen Cove. [Referring to Glenn Close on a movie review television show]

Glen Cove. [Referring to Glenn Close on a movie review television show]

Cinema, radio, television, magazines are a school of inattention: people look without seeing, listen in...

Cinema, radio, television, magazines are a school of inattention: people look without seeing, listen in...

Television is chewing gum for the eyes.

Television is chewing gum for the eyes.

As a woman I can't go to war, and I refuse to send anyone else

As a woman I can't go to war, and I refuse to send anyone else

Seeing a murder on television can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't...

Seeing a murder on television can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't...

The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead station.

The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead station.

Imagination... its limits are only those of the mind itself.

Imagination... its limits are only those of the mind itself.

Commercials are not the only junk food in the speech market - indeed, when compared...

Commercials are not the only junk food in the speech market - indeed, when compared...

The closer you come to being yourself on the screen, the longer you last [because]...

The closer you come to being yourself on the screen, the longer you last [because]...