Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to.

In the wiretapping, despite all the momentum for a more assertive Congress, you're seeing Congress backing down, because there are many Republicans and even Democrats who are afraid of being seen as preventing the president from protecting the nation.

The less important you are on the table of organization, the more you'll be missed if you don't show up for work.

A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works.

The Universe knows itself and expands itself through me.

We are what we must And not what we would be. I know that one hour Assures not another. The will and the power Are diverse.

I certainly hope the strengths and values of this country hold up to comparison to other cultures.