""I reflected on everything we were facing. Over the past few weeks we had seen the failure of America’s two largest mortgage entities, the bankruptcy of a major investment bank, the sale of another, the nationalization of the world’s largest insurance company, and now the most drastic intervention i"
"One day she (Mother) heard Mike Proctor knock on the door and ask if I could come out and play. "No," I told him. "I have to stay with Mother.""
"She thinks hard before she speaks — a trait in Washington that it was mistaken for intellectual slowness."
"i wanted people who agreed on the direction of the administration but felt free to express differences on any issue. an important part of my job was to create a culture that encouraged teamwork and fostered loyalty—not to me, but to the country and our ideals."