The First Rule Of Democracy Is To

If We Are To Survive, We Must Have Ideas, Vision, And Courage. These Things Are Rarely Produced By Committees. Everything That Matters In Our Intellectual And Moral Life Begins With An Individual Confronting His Own Mind And Conscience In A Room By Himself.

There Is Far Less To The Presidency, In Terms Of Essential Activity, Than Meets The Eye.

History Is, Indeed, An Argument Without End.

Troubles Impending Always Seem Worse Than Troubles Surmounted, But This Does Not Prove That They Really Are.

It Is Useful To Remember That History Is To The Nation As Memory Is To The Individual. As A Person Deprived Of Memory Becomes Disorientated And Lost, Not Knowing Where They Have Been Or Where They Are Going , So A Nation Denied A Conception Of The Past Will Be Disabled In Dealing With Its Present And Its Future.