Name: Doris Kearns Goodwin on Impulse Control
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Description: Sometimes knowing what not to say is as important as what a president says. Presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin pinpoints moments in history when presidents bit their tongue – and were better for it.

Sometimes knowing what not to say is as important as what a president says. Presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin pinpoints moments in history when presidents bit their tongue – and were better for it.

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<p>America’s Founding Fathers decided that one elected civilian—the U.S. president—would lead the executive branch of the federal government, a governmental structure that has remained in place for more than 200 years.</p>


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