Ask a man which way he is going to vote, and he will probably tell you. Ask him, however, why, and vagueness is all.

If we expected self-reliance of family groups, if we expected hardiness and resilience and initiative on the part of individuals, and if we rewarded initiative instead of dependence on government, we would not only ameliorate many of the family-related social problems we see at present, but we would also reduce our vulnerability to terrorism. People who are hardy, resilient, and self reliant are a lot harder to terrorize.

The cure for mixed metaphors, I have always found, is for the patient to be obliged to draw a picture of the result.

No amount of manifest absurdity... could deter those who wanted to believe from believing.

Once, when a British Prime Minister sneezed, men half a world away would blow their noses. Now when a British Prime Minister sneezes nobody else will even say 'Bless You'.

Whom the mad would destroy, first they make gods.

Ask a man which way he is going to vote, and he will probably tell you. Ask him, however, why, and vagueness is all.