[Washington had won] a war for independence and then gone home. [He embodied] the legend of the Roman who returned to his plow after saving his country.

Madison lived in his head and public speaking did not come naturally to him.

Only the stupefying ignorance of young women prevents them from comprehending the stupefying emptiness of the men who cluster round them.

[Washington had won] a war for independence and then gone home. [He embodied] the legend of the Roman who returned to his plow after saving his country.

The Dutch practice euthanasia so briskly that they will kill themselves even before the Islamists get around to it.

Madison loathed Hamilton and loved Jefferson above all.

Some lawns have all the cheer of old cemeteries.