“Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war.”
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Imagine, a September 11 with weapons of mass destruction. It's not 3, 000. It's tens of thousands of innocent men, women and children.
Don't necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.
In the execution of Presidential decisions work to be true to his views, in fact and tone.
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.