while he was corneal in public to wilson, taft wanted the president defeated. that post a dilemma for taft, when war broke out in august 1914. at the time, the former president was at his summer home and in then canada, confusion of the outbreak of war, it took some time for taft to make his way home to new haven. there he found a letter from his old friend. fear that you had been pressed into the canadian contingent for the war in europe, and i thought we would never see you again because if you got on the firing line, it would be impossible for the germans to miss you. [laughter] they wrote letters like that back and forth. like most educated americans, taft found himself shaken with the outbreak of world war i. taft naturally turned to what he knew best to try to solve the problem of the war. he became much involved with an organization called the league to enforce peace. composed mostly of conservative republicans and some democrats, the league wanted to create some mechanism, primarily legal, to prevent future conflicts. as long as woodrow wilson was presi

warm, friendly, corneal. then she might say, i will make some adjustments to accommodate your point of view. so it's all constant back-and-forth and over time, we have been together 15 years, so over that time we have to learn how to respect and work with each other. mr. bond: each of your colleagues is exhibiting some kind of leadership. and you and all of them engage .n this fairly routinely justice thomas: the thing that is really interesting here, and this goes to the process of education, the truth seeking .fforts i've often said this job is only easy for people who already have or answer before they start no authority to make any decision. the hard part is what is the right answer under this document or this statue. that's a little harder. i think my colleagues -- justice powell said when i first arrived here, he said when you reach a point where you think you belong, it's time for you to leave. the process councils some humility that it is a lot harder than looking at a bottom line and saying, i agree