The war against terror is like a war against dandruff. It's a metaphor. It's not about anything.

History is nothing but gossip about the past, with the hope that it might be true.

By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he's been bought ten times over.

Can you imagine having a love affair going on and on decade after decade? Macabre.

As Brooks Adams put it, the sole problem of our ruling class is whether to coerce or to bribe the powerless majority.

One's neighbor is always the enemy. That is the nature of things.

A writer represents his family history. My grandfather was a senator and my father served in the Roosevelt administration. In other words, I grew up in politics. This is why it seemed perfectly natural to take part in the battles of my time, and to participate in the writing of the history of my country.