Self-righteousness in retrospect is easy--also cheap.

What higher obligation does a President have than to explain his intentions to the people and persuade them that the direction he wishes to go is right?

Every President reconstructs the Presidency to meet his own psychological needs.

Television has spread the habit of instant reaction and stimulated the hope of instant results.

Few secret undertakings ever did any nation any good.

All wars are popular for the first 30 days.

Santayana's aphorism must be reversed: too often it is those who can remember the past who are condemned to repeat it.