...there is simply nothing so important to a people and its government as how many of them there are, whether their number is growing or declining, how they are distributed as between different ages, sexes, and different social classes and racial and ethnic groups, and again, which way these numbers are moving.

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

Secrecy is for losers.

To be Irish is to know that in the end the world will break your heart.

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

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

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.