As the age of television progresses the Reagans will be the rule, not the exception. To be perfect for television is all a President has to be these days.

The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the people from ever questioning the inequity of a system where most people drudge along, paying heavy taxes for which they get nothing in return.

The American vice is explanation.

One of the most fascinating aspects of politician-watching is trying to determine to what extent any politician believes what he says.

All in all, I would not have missed this century for the world.

The Gores, I think, are a bit brighter than the Bushes, historically speaking.

It is astonishing to think that millions of people in my time—now, too, I suppose—actually thought that at a given moment in history two human beings had evolved to a higher state than that of all the gods that ever were or ever will be. This is titanism, as the Greeks would say. This is madness.