I Feel That What I Do Is

Since September 11, It Seems To Me That Never In Our Lifetime, Except Possibly In The Early Stages Of World War Ii, Has It Been Clearer That We Have As A Source Of Strength, A Source Of Direction, A Source Of Inspiration - Our Story.

My Shorthand Answer Is That I Try To Write The Kind Of Book That I Would Like To Read. If I Can Make It Clear And Interesting And Compelling To Me, Then I Hope Maybe It Will Be For The Reader.

One Of The Regrets Of My Life Is That I Did Not Study Latin. I'm Absolutely Convinced, The More I Understand These Eighteenth-century People, That It Was That Grounding In Greek And Latin That Gave Them Their Sense Of The Classic Virtues: The Classic Ideals Of Honor, Virtue, The Good Society, And Their Historic Examples Of What They Could Try To Live Up To.

Each Generation, We Peel Back Biases That Have Blinded Those Before Us. The More We Know About The Past Enables Us To Ask Richer And More Provocative Questions About Who We Are Today.

...had Proven Himself A Leader Of Remarkable Ability, A Man Not Only Of Enterprising Ideas, But With The Staying Power To Carry Them Out.