In England Parliament is above the law. In America the law is above Congress.

The fate of every democracy, of every government based on the sovereignty of the people, depends on the choices it makes between these opposite principles, absolute power on the one hand, and on the other the restraints of legality and the authority of tradition.

Live both in the future and the past. Who does not live in the past does not live in the future.

Democracy generally monopolizes and concentrates power.

The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.

There is no evidence to support the belief that Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev ever questioned Americas power. He questioned only the President's John F. Kennedys readiness to use it. Elie Abel, The Missile Crisis (1966) Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

I mourn for the stake which was lost at Richmond more deeply than I rejoice over that which was saved at Waterloo.