Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.

Anyone who knows anything about journalism knows that reporters are rarely in a position to investigate anything. They lack the authority to subpoena witnesses, to cross-examine, to scrutinize official records. They are lucky to get their phone calls returned.

What rules the world is idea, because ideas define the way reality is perceived.

There is nothing like a parade to elicit the proper respect for the military from the populace.

.. the most intelligent defender of capitalism in the modern period is Friedrich Hayek.

An intellectual may be defined as a man who speaks with general authority about a subject on which he has no particular competence.

Power breeds responsibilities, in international affairs as in domestic - or even private. To dodge or disclaim these responsibilities is one form of the abuse of power.