Next to courage, willpower is the most important thing in politics.

Courage is the essential element in any great public man or woman.

Next to courage, willpower is the most important thing in politics.

In the past, the U.S. has shown its capacity to reinvent its gifts for leadership. During the 1970s, in the aftermath of the Nixon abdication and the Ford and Carter presidencies, the whole nation peered into the abyss, was horrified by what it saw and elected Ronald Reagan as president, which began a national resurgence.