The president of the United States signed a memo reminding his secretary that you have to say no. Truman, I find to be this fascinating figure in that basically an average person is thrust into the White House and he does a good job because he was a fundamentally decent human being. Without that personal proximity to power that lifelong relationship, Israel might not exist as a country. In the second part of the book, I'm talking about sort of how does one bring justice into the world.
Author Ryan Holiday talks about his book, Discipline Is Destiny, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Holiday discusses the mentor who taught him discipline, the self-control of Queen Elizabeth, the world-champion boxer who counseled the man who defeated him in the ring, and the forgotten Roman emperor who helped make Marcus Aurelius the man he would become.