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.

Some of my instincts are reprehensible.

Friendship is strengthened by...that which ever so lightly elevates us from the trough of self-concern and self-devotion.

One can't doubt that the American objective in Iraq has failed - different plans have to be made. And the kernel here is the acknowledgement of defeat.

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

You cannot paint the Mona Lisa by assigning one dab each to a thousand painters.

Stick me in a confessional and ask the question: Sir, if you had the authority, would you forbid smoking in America? You'd get a solemn and contrite, Yes.