The United States Should Not Jump Around

War Has A Momentum Of Its Own And It Carries You Away From All Thoughtful Intentions When You Get Into It. Today, If We Went Into Iraq, Like The President Would Like Us To Do, You Know Where You Begin. You Never Know Where You Are Going To End.

The Very Concept Of History Implies The Scholar And The Reader. Without A Generation Of Civilized People To Study History, To Preserve Its Records, To Absorb Its Lessons And Relate Them To Its Own Problems, History, Too, Would Lose Its Meaning.

It Is An Undeniable Privilege Of Every Man To Prove Himself Right In The Thesis That The World Is His Enemy; For If He Reiterates It Frequently Enough And Makes It The Background Of His Conduct He Is Bound Eventually To Be Right.

Public Opinion, Or What Passes For Public Opinion, Is Not Invariably A Moderating Force In The Jungle Of Politics.

Heroism Is Endurance For One Moment More.