Stubborn opposition to proposals often has no other basis than the complaining question, 'Why wasn't I consulted?'

If we get into the mind-set where the good becomes the enemy of the best, we will get nothing.

If the newspapers of a country are filled with good news, the jails of that country will be filled with good people.

The central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of a society. The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture and save it from itself.

Secrecy is for losers. For people who do not know how important the information really is.

You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts.

Citizen participation is a device whereby public officials induce nonpublic individuals to act in a way the officials desire.