No one is innocent after the experience of governing. But not everyone is guilty.

To strip our past of glory is no great loss, but to deny it honor is devastating.

The world's largest debtor is a distinction of sorts, but not the one we like having.

Secrecy is for losers.

Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.

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

Government cannot provide values to persons who have none, or who have lost those they had. It cannot provide inner peace. It can provide outlets for moral energies, but it cannot create those energies.