Reading your own material aloud forces you to listen.

We are part of a country that outshines those that have gone before us and most of those in existence today.

At the core, the American citizen soldiers knew the difference between right and wrong, and they didn't want to live in a world in which wrong prevailed. So they fought, and won, and we all of us, living and yet to be born, must be forever profoundly grateful.

Friendships are different from all other relationships. Unlike acquaintanceship, friendship is based on love. Unlike lovers and married couples, it is free of jealousy. Unlike children and parents, it knows neither criticism nor resentment. Friendship has no status in law. Business partnerships are based on a contract. So is marriage. Parents are bound by law. But friendships are freely entered into, freely given, and freely exercised.

My favorite book is the last one printed, which is always better than those that were published earlier.

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

I was too young for Korea and too old for Vietnam.