You don't want lopsided government. You don't want one side running roughshod over the other.

Have a definite opinion.

Previously known for its six syllables of sweetness and light, reconciliation has become the political fighting word of the year.

The Latin motto over Poindexter's new Pentagon office reads Scientia Est Potentia - "knowledge is power." Exactly: the government's infinite knowledge about you is its power over you.

Took me a while to get to the point today, but that is because I did not know what the point was when I started.

Sir Alec Douglas-Home, when he was British Foreign Secretary, said he received the following telegram from an irate citizen: "To hell with you. Offensive letter follows."

A dependent clause is like a dependent child: incapable of standing on its own but able to cause a lot of trouble.