Empathy Is Born Out Of The Old

Politics Is An Act Of Faith; You Have To Show Some Kind Of Confidence In The Intellectual And Moral Capacity Of The Public.

It Is Simply Untrue That All Our Institutions Are Evil,... That All Politicians Are Mere Opportunists, That All Aspects Of University Life Are Corrupt. Having Discovered An Illness, It's Not Terribly Useful To Prescribe Death As A Cure.

Don't Throw Away Your Conscience.

I Firmly Believed Throughout 1971 That The Major Hurdle To Winning The Presidency Was Winning The Democratic Nomination. I Believed That Any Reasonable Democrat Would Defeat President Nixon. I Now Think That No One Could Have Defeated Him In 1972.

I Have A Very Deep Concern About President Obama Putting In Another 21,000 Troops Into Afghanistan With The Promise Of More To Come.