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.
William SafireIt behooves us to avoid archaisms. Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do.
William SafireIt is in the nature of tyranny to deride the will of the people as the voice of the mob, and to denounce the cry for freedom as the roar of anarchy.
William SafireA book should have an intellectual shape and a heft that comes with dealing with a primary subject.
William SafireThis is not some alarmist Orwellian scenario; it is here, now, financed by $20 billion last year and $15 billion more this year of federal money appropriated out of sheer fear. By creating the means to monitor 300 million visits to the United States yearly, this administration and a supine opposition are building a system capable of identifying, tracking and spying on 300 million Americans.
William Safire