Cuba forces in Angola gave a real shot in the arm to the liberation movements, and it also was a lesson to the white South Africans that the end is coming. They can't just hope to subdue the continent on racist grounds.

While language can surely be used for communication (as can much else), communication probably has no special role in its design or evolution.

We shouldn't be looking for heroes, we should be looking for good ideas.

Do I believe in God? Can't answer, I'm afraid. I'm not being flippant, but I don't understand the question. What is it that I am supposed to believe or not believe in? Are you asking whether I believe there is something not in the universe (or the universes, if there are (maybe infinitely) many of them), and that somehow stands above them? I've never heard of any reason for believing that.

Citizenship means every four years you put a mark somewhere and you go home and let other guys run the world. It's a very destructive ideology.

In many respects, the United States is a great country. Freedom of speech is protected more than in any other country. It is also a very free society.

The change between horse and buggy to automobile is a big change and there hasn't been a major change since.