Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and read more

Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and start practicing again. We have to begin to learn to rule ourselves again.

We communicate with each other as much as possible. It's something you've got to do with your left back and read more

We communicate with each other as much as possible. It's something you've got to do with your left back and your right back. We did a lot of that stuff today and it worked well for us.

The risk to this new forecast is down, not up.

The risk to this new forecast is down, not up.

[These others -- the overwhelming majority of Iraq's people -- have repeatedly given every indication of valuing their newfound freedom: read more

[These others -- the overwhelming majority of Iraq's people -- have repeatedly given every indication of valuing their newfound freedom: voting in two elections at the risk of their lives, preparing for a third, writing and ratifying a constitution granting more freedoms than exist in any country in the entire Arab Middle East.] The secret is out, ... There is something decent unfolding in Iraq. It's unfolding in the shadow of a terrible insurgency, but a society is finding its way to constitutional politics.

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

The president's decree to withdraw from the Council of CIS Defense Ministers does not mean that Georgia is withdrawing from read more

The president's decree to withdraw from the Council of CIS Defense Ministers does not mean that Georgia is withdrawing from the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Don't be so humble - you are not that great.

Don't be so humble - you are not that great.

From now on, only the plainest vanilla versions will be permissible, nothing elaborate.

From now on, only the plainest vanilla versions will be permissible, nothing elaborate.

Neglected by Congress below, distressed with the small-pox; want of Generals and discipline in our Army, which may rather be read more

Neglected by Congress below, distressed with the small-pox; want of Generals and discipline in our Army, which may rather be called a great rabble, our credit and reputation lost, and great part of the country; and a powerful foreign enemy advancing upon us, are so many difficulties we cannot surmount them.