Beguiled by George S. Bush's easy smile and casual indifference to the details, we are on the brink of electing read more

Beguiled by George S. Bush's easy smile and casual indifference to the details, we are on the brink of electing him to office. This isn't choosing a president, it's casting the lead in a sitcom about the presidency.

War: a wretched debasement of all the pretenses of civilization.

War: a wretched debasement of all the pretenses of civilization.

Unless a man has talents to make something of himself, freedom is an irksome burden. Of what avail is freedom read more

Unless a man has talents to make something of himself, freedom is an irksome burden. Of what avail is freedom to choose if the self be ineffectual? We join a mass movement to escape individual responsibility, or, in the words of the ardent young Nazi, "to be free from freedom.".

I shall return.

I shall return.

One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.

One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.

The price of power is responsibility for the public good.

The price of power is responsibility for the public good.

...tradition and custom becomes intertwined and are a strong coercion which directs the society upon fixed lines, and strangles liberty.

...tradition and custom becomes intertwined and are a strong coercion which directs the society upon fixed lines, and strangles liberty.

All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which binds us in partnership in read more

All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which binds us in partnership in the serious work of the world.

Oh! Duty is an icy shadow. It will freeze you. It cannot fill the heart's sanctuary.

Oh! Duty is an icy shadow. It will freeze you. It cannot fill the heart's sanctuary.