The heyday perhaps of American public infrastructure is the Sputnik moment of the 1950s, the [Dwaight] Eisenhower administration, for instance, which rolls out the modern interstate system. The highway system of the United States is built during this period.

It's very typical that when two people are having lunch, they put a phone on the table between them.

I think that, from Vaclav Havel own experience, he knew if we all paid attention to what was going on, the chances were that even the most horrible dictators wouldn't execute people.

When I think of grass I think of something to walk on, pot as something to put a plant in.

What we do have is a gigantic matching tax-cutting program as a way of stimulating the economy.

United States military involvement in Syria has deepened since President Trump took office.

Of course, man is also a weak creature with many bad qualities. And it depends on which of his qualities will in a certain social situation and in a certain climate prevail, which qualities will awaken. The totalitarian system was masterful in how it managed to mobilize all the bad qualities.