American Is The First Democratic Nation-state.

Friendships Are Different From All Other Relationships. Unlike Acquaintanceship, Friendship Is Based On Love. Unlike Lovers And Married Couples, It Is Free Of Jealousy. Unlike Children And Parents, It Knows Neither Criticism Nor Resentment. Friendship Has No Status In Law. Business Partnerships Are Based On A Contract. So Is Marriage. Parents Are Bound By Law. But Friendships Are Freely Entered Into, Freely Given, And Freely Exercised.

To Be A Slaveholder Meant One Had To Regard The African American As Inferior In Every Way.

There Are Many More Want-to-be Writers Out There Than Good Editors.

My Favorite Book Is The Last One Printed, Which Is Always Better Than Those That Were Published Earlier.

In The Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries You Have These Great Nation States Hurling Their Young Men At One Another. The Victory Was Really Going To Rest On Who Could Do The Best Job Of Bringing Up Their Kids To Become Efficient And Effective Soldiers. That's Pretty Grandiose, I Guess, But I Do Think That, And Thank God It's Been The Armies Of Democracy That Have Emerged From This As The Triumphant Armies.