Our goal, simply stated, is to be the best.

Rationalizing is the self-exculpation which occurs when we feel ourselves, or our group, accused of misapprehension or error.

Partisanship is our great curse. We too readily assume that everything has two sides and that it is our duty to be on one or the other.

Curiosity is idle only to those who fail to realize that it may be a very rare and indispensable thing.

To become historically-minded is to be grown-up.

Our goal, simply stated, is to be the best.

History ... may be regarded as an artificial extension and : broadening of our memories and may be used to overcome the natural bewilderment of all unfamiliar situations.