The politician in my country seeks votes, affection and respect, in that order...With few notable exceptions, they are simply men who want to be loved.

Except for those who think in terms of pious platitudes or dogma or narrow prejudice (and those thoughts we aren't interested in), people don't speak their beliefs easily, or publicly.

The obscure we always see sooner or later; the obvious always seems to take a little longer.

I would like television to produce some itching pills rather than this endless outpouring of tranquilizers.

The best speakers know enough to be scared…the only difference between the pros and the novices is that the pros have trained the butterflies to fly in formation.

Of this be wary. Honor and fame are often regarded as interchangeable. Both involve an appraisal of the individual. . . but I suggest this difference. Fame is morally neutral.

The speed of communications is wondrous to behold. It is also true that speed can multiply the distribution of information that we know to be untrue.