When it was all over, when he and Bess came back home after 18 years in Washington, more than 7 in an unbugged, unshuttered White House, neither of them thought of bringing any of the trappings of the Presidency with them. "everything, all of it, belongs to the people. Since it was only lent to me, and by that I'm includin' the power, I had to try to use it with great care so that I could pass it on in the best condition possible."