The substance of faith is a hope in the unseen.

Wars tend to be very public things, they are visible. There are correspondents traveling with the troops and you get daily dispatches.

All of the leading terrorism experts are clear on one thing: that in terms of protecting America, we are almost never going to know a place or a time of an attack.

Younger colleagues tended to draw untested self-confidence from their bonuses and prestigious degrees.

There are many instances in which those at the uppermost levels of the White House were feeling the President [Barack Obama] was not fully informed of the flow of events and, in some cases, where policies were going in the White House.

Many years later, a psychiatrist friend of mine said something to us. He said, "Respect denial." It's a powerful force.

These were lobbyists—many of them compensated quite handsomely not to react as human beings.