My first book was the book that changed my life.

When Hitler declared war on the United States, he was betting that German soldiers, raised up in the Hitler Youth, would always out fight American soldiers, brought up in the Boy Scouts. He lost that bet. The Boy Scouts had been taught how to figure their way out of their own problems.

Trial by jury. Live wherever you can make a living. How could a government based on such principles fail?

To be a slaveholder meant one had to regard the African American as inferior in every way.

Neighbors are far better acoustic analyzers for determining the quality of their life versus any acoustic instrument left unattended by an expert.

The past is a source of knowledge, and the future is a source of hope. Love of the past implies faith in the future.

Reading your own material aloud forces you to listen.