Presidents do not read many books, theirs being no life of leisure. The quality of their imagination, and the depth of their knowledge, have been determined in earlier years, often before they entered upon practical politics. And with the crushing burden of responsibilities which the President of the United States carries nowadays, decisions of immense importance may be made upon assumptions that took hold upon a President’s mind when he never fancied he would become the most powerful man in the world.
Kirk
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