Mother ... considered a press conference on a par with a visit to a cage full of cobras.

He's [Harry S. Truman] just your dad, and you love him. It's only when you grow up, and step back from him, or leave him for your own career and your own home - it's only then that you can measure his greatness and fully appreciate it. Pride reinforces love. My father was a great man.

Courage is rarely reckless or foolish... courage usually involves a highly realistic estimate of the odds that must be faced.