Dear Ted: Thanks for the invitation to question four distinguished liberal journalists. But 11:30 PM is long past my bedtime.

Dear Ted: Thanks for the invitation to question four distinguished liberal journalists. But 11:30 PM is long past my bedtime.

Rules are mostly made to be broken and are too often for the lazy to hide behind

Rules are mostly made to be broken and are too often for the lazy to hide behind

You are remembered for the rules you break.

You are remembered for the rules you break.

The United States Constitution has proven itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written

The United States Constitution has proven itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written

You get what you concentrate upon. There is no other main rule.

You get what you concentrate upon. There is no other main rule.

Bad excuses are worse than none

Bad excuses are worse than none

Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.

Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.

If you want the last word, apologize

If you want the last word, apologize

Nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude

Nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude