A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
Leadership is the other side of the coin of loneliness and he who is a leader must always act alone. And acting alone accept everything alone.
The attorney general would call at 5 o'clock in the evening and say: 'Tomorrow morning we are going to try to integrate the University of Mississippi. Get us a memo on what we're likely to do and what we can do if the governor sends the National Guard there.'