To whom is the physician responsible? Is he responsible to the suffering human being that he is treating? To the occupant of the role? Or to the American public? And can he simultaneously be responsible to all three?

[Presidents] are constantly in the light of public day. They are constantly being examined. Every word they say is being scrutinized both by domestic supporters and political adversaries, national and international rivals. So there is never really a letting down.

The job of the president is immensely difficult because he is under the constant glare of the public spotlight.

Stress tends to bring out not the best in people, but magnifies the flaws that are already there.

In almost every case, the act which occurs in the information system era is the reflection of unmet personal needs that are channeled into the area of expertise, ... Almost all of these people are loyal at the time of hiring, so this isn't a matter of screening them out.

That brinkmanship for the most part has worked for him. He's crossed red line after red line.

Most people by this time would be so wounded, they couldn't do anything with their lives. But his uncle filled Saddam with dreams of glory.

One of the intriguing aspects here, and it could be a first, is the connection to the computer world.

But the data on sustained stress shows a decrease in functioning over time, even though a person may believe he is at the height of his powers.