Watergate showed more strengths in our system than weaknesses... The whole country did take part in quite a genuine sense read more

Watergate showed more strengths in our system than weaknesses... The whole country did take part in quite a genuine sense in passing judgment on Richard Nixon.

One of the most fashionable notions of our times is that social problems like poverty and oppression breed wars. Most read more

One of the most fashionable notions of our times is that social problems like poverty and oppression breed wars. Most wars, however, are started by well-fed people with time on their hands to dream up half-baked ideologies or grandiose ambitions, and to nurse real or imagined grievances.

Many bad policies are simply good policies taken too far.

Many bad policies are simply good policies taken too far.

A war for a great principle ennobles a nation.

A war for a great principle ennobles a nation.

Diplomats were invented simply to waste time.

Diplomats were invented simply to waste time.

Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in read more

Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process.

The more I saw of foreign countries the more I loved my own.

The more I saw of foreign countries the more I loved my own.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

All leaders strive to turn their followers into children.

All leaders strive to turn their followers into children.