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David Richmond Gergen (born May 9, 1942) is an American political commentator and former presidential adviser who served during the administrations of Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton. He is currently a senior political analyst for CNN and a professor of public service and co-director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School. Gergen is also the former editor at large of U.S. News and World Report and a contributor to CNN.com and Parade Magazine. He has twice been a member of election coverage teams that won Peabody awards—in 1988 with MacNeil–Lehrer, and in 2008 with CNN.

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At the heart of leadership is the leader's relationship with followers. People will entrust their hopes and dreams to another person only if they think the other is a reliable vessel.

Dream, Heart, Leadership, Person, Relationship

It's very, very hard to speak truth to power when the truth is unpleasant. I think it's one of the toughest things especially a young person has to do and the only way you can do it is if you're willing to walk out the door if he doesn't take your advice. Or if you're willing to walk out the door if he goes over the line.

Advice, Doors, Take, Things, Thinking, Unpleasant

Morality in government begins with officials using words as honestly as possible to describe the truth.

Government, Morality, Possible, Truth, Using, Using Words

It’s easy to confuse motion with progress.

Confuse, Easy, Motion, Progress

I think it's particularly raw coming the day after the Electoral College, and Bill Clinton, he's taking this hard. It's been very hard to him. He thought his wife was gonna win. He believed she should have won. I think he believes, basically, it was an unfair result.

Believe, College, Thought, Win, Winning

One cannot underestimate how widely admired Tom Daschle is in Washington for his integrity.

Daschle, Integrity, Toms, Underestimate

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

Franklin, Radio, Roosevelt, Style, Television

I don't have any problem with a reporter or a news person who says the President is uninformed on this issue or that issue. I don't think any of us would challenge that. I do have a problem with the singular focus on this, as if that's the only standard by which we ought to judge a president. What we learned in the last administration was how little having an encyclopedic grasp of all the facts has to do with governing.

Encyclopedic, Issue, Issues, Judging, Person, Thinking

If you've got some news that you don't want to get noticed, put it out Friday afternoon 4:00 pm.

Afternoon, Friday, News, Noticed, Pms

There's a normal tendency in the campaign, during a crisis, for the country to rally around the White House. That may help Al Gore in this campaign, but on the other hand, George W. Bush handled himself so well the other night on foreign policy that I think it fortified him just before this crisis broke.

Campaign, Country, Handled, Night, Normal, Thinking

Politics is like watching football. Yes, you can see it directly on your screen, but I think a lot of people want to have some understanding of what's happening, why the play is unfolding the way it is, and I think that's where it can help them, not to render judgments but to help people make their own judgments in a more informed way.

Football, Help, Judgments, People, Thinking, Yes You Can

If you look at history, every major realignment in our politics is a joining together of a new generation and emerging technologies. Obama has been a pioneer in joining the powers of the Internet with the principles of community organizing. Howard Dean used the Internet for meetups - Obama used it to create a movement.

Community, Emerging, Joining, Politics, Technology, Together

We know from past history that when young people vote for one party a couple of times, they tend to vote for that party during their adult lifetimes in disproportionate numbers.

Couple, Numbers, Party, Past, Times, Vote