Eisenhower's career demonstrated how it is possible to fool all the people all the time...'I may be stupid,' he once said at a press conference, 'but at least I'm sincere!' Actually, he was neither, but it suited his purpose to play the part of the bumbling man of good will who was 'not an expert in these matters' but somehow would do his best.

In large Victorian houses with many rooms and heavy doors, the occupants could be mysterious and exciting to one another in a way that those who live in rackety developments can never hope to be. Not even the lust of a Lord Byron could survive the fact of Levittown.

To have an interest in both sexes is equally normal. Whether it's practiced or not is something else. Some do. Some don't.

Never offend an enemy in a small way.

I suppose that one is always tempted to challenge those who think that they and they alone possess the truth or the way or the key to the mystery.

At any given moment, public opinion is a chaos of superstition, misinformation, and prejudice.

"Terrorism" is a metaphor, it's an abstract noun. It's like having a war on dandruff. It's something from advertising, it's meaningless.