Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive.

Some of my instincts are reprehensible.

Louis Kelso of San Francisco, a lawyer-economist, has for years felt that he has a radical answer to the problem.

They told me if I voted for Goldwater, he would get us into a war in Vietnam. Well, I voted for Goldwater and that's what happened.

...following Mrs. Roosevelt in search of irrationality was like following a burning fuse in search of an explosive.

Boredom is the deadliest poison.

I'd rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory than to the faculty of Harvard University.