I am flatly opposed to appointment of an ambassador to the Vatican. Whatever advantages it might have in Rome - and I'm not convinced of these - they would be more than offset by the divisive effect at home.

For without belittling the courage with which men have died, we should not forget those acts of courage with which men have lived.

Everything changes but change itself.

The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.

There's an old saying. Never send a boy to do a man's job, send a lady.

The life of the arts is far from an interruption, a distraction, in the life of a nation, is close to the center of a nation's purpose-and is a test of the quality of a nations' civilization.

There is a connection, hard to explain logically but easy to feel, between achievement in public life and progress in the arts.