The office of president is a bastardized thing, half royalty and half democracy, that nobody knows whether to genuflect or read more

The office of president is a bastardized thing, half royalty and half democracy, that nobody knows whether to genuflect or spit.

...we are apt to forget that the vast majority of men and women who fell under the totalitarian spell was read more

...we are apt to forget that the vast majority of men and women who fell under the totalitarian spell was activated by unselfish motives, ready to accept the role of martyr or executioner, as the cause demanded.

The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered.

The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered.

So far as business and money are concerned, a country gains nothing by a successful war, even though that war read more

So far as business and money are concerned, a country gains nothing by a successful war, even though that war involves the acquisition of immense new provinces.

Delegating means letting others become the experts and hence the best.

Delegating means letting others become the experts and hence the best.

Sir, I would rather be right than be President.

Sir, I would rather be right than be President.

Lookit, I've done it their way this far and now it's my turn. I'm my own handler. Any questions? Ask read more

Lookit, I've done it their way this far and now it's my turn. I'm my own handler. Any questions? Ask me... There's not going to be any more handler stories because I'm the handler... I'm Doctor Spin.

Be England what she will, with all her faults she is my country still.

Be England what she will, with all her faults she is my country still.

We are the people our parents warned us about.

We are the people our parents warned us about.