Whose best and most fruitful gift was the power of admiration, which made it possible for me to learn. Now, as in my youth, I am looking up to the truly great creations of the past, which I see high above my own and which alone deserve the name of greatness.

All of this suggests that while citizens became more comfortable with President Bush after September 11 and thought him to have the requisite leadership skills, they continue to harbor doubts about his priorities, loyalties, interests, and policies.

With the parties at virtual parity and the ideological gulf between them never greater, the stakes of majority control of Congress are extremely high.

It is impossible for ideas to compete in the marketplace if no forum for their presentation is provided or available.

Some of necessities go astray, because for them there is no such thing as a right path.

Human reason needs only to will more strongly than fate, and she is fate.

Congress requires states to draw single-member districts.