Heroism Is Endurance For One Moment More.

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

The Jealous And Intolerant Eye Of The Kremlin Can Distinguish, In The End, Only Vassals And Enemies, And The Neighbors Of Russia, If They Do Not Wish To Be One, Must Reconcile Themselves To Being The Other.

The Truth Is Sometimes A Poor Competitor In The Market Place Of Ideas – Complicated, Unsatisfying, Full Of Dilemmas, Always Vulnerable To Misinterpretation And Abuse.

We Are, If Territory And Population Be Looked At Together, One Of The Great Countries Of The World - A Monster Country, One Might Say, Along With Others Such As China, India, The Recent Soviet Union, And Brazil. And There Is A Real Question As To Whether "bigness" In A Body Politic Is Not An Evil In Itself, Quite Aside From The Policies Pursued In Its Name.

The Nuclear Bomb Is The Most Useless Weapon Ever Invented. It Can Be Employed To No Rational Purpose. It Is Not Even An Effective Defense Against Itself.