The contrast between the 1970's and today is very marked.

Any American boy can be a basketball star if he grows up, up, up.

Official intelligence on Iraqi weapons programs was flawed, but even with its flaws, it was not what led to the war.

There are certain events which to each man's life are as comets to the earth, seemingly strange and erratic portents; distinct from the ordinary lights which guide our course and mark our seasons, yet true to their own laws, potent in their own influences.

There must be some great truth underlying the instinct for worship.

It's never safe to be nostalgic about something until you're absolutely certain there's no chance of its coming back

Whether it is fun to go to bed with a good book depends a great deal on who's reading it.