It has proved politically wiser to set goals than to start programs.

What the press never does say is who the leaker is and why he wants the story leaked. Yet, more often than not, this is the more important story: What policy wins if the one being disclosed loses?

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

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.

When a person goes to a country and finds their newspapers filled with nothing but good news, he can bet there are good men in jail.

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

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