The certainties of one age are the problems of the next.

The certainties of one age are the problems of the next.

How can you be expected to govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese?

How can you be expected to govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese?

It was a Greek tragedy. Nixon was fulfilling his own nature. Once it started it could not end otherwise.

It was a Greek tragedy. Nixon was fulfilling his own nature. Once it started it could not end otherwise.

I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.

I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.

Hubert Humphrey talks so fast that listening to him is like trying to read Playboy magazine with your wife turning read more

Hubert Humphrey talks so fast that listening to him is like trying to read Playboy magazine with your wife turning the pages.

History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and read more

History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's dam is the history we made today.

The limit is about 300 words. Kipling's "Recessional" really did something to England when it was published. It helped them read more

The limit is about 300 words. Kipling's "Recessional" really did something to England when it was published. It helped them through a bad time. Let me know if you find any great poems lying around.

The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.

The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.

The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society.

The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society.