To speak with kings and not lose the common touch - Kipling.
In an airport I guess right after college, I ran into Dean Rusk, Secretary of State for JFK. I spoke with him for 15 minutes and he was very down to earth. At times like these, you wish you could have prepared a few questions in advance!
And I now discover that Rusk was born in Georgia and died in Athens, GA where I now live. I'll have to visit and say a prayer at his grave site nearby.
Great story about Dean Rusk. I remember him too. Definitely go visit him at his grave!
I went to pay respects to Reagan (and now Nancy) on June 5th this year. 12th anniversary of the passing of a giant of a man.
Actually I had my smartphone with his “Time for Choosing” 1964 speech loaded up on Youtube and I started playing it as loud as my smartphone can go (which isn’t really loud) so his voice and words permeated the air at his gravesite. There were a few other people there at the time and everyone got quiet and listened. They thanked me.