I Was Sailing From Tedium To Apathy

The Democrats Had Long Labeled The Impeachment Debate A Distraction From The Urgent Business Of A Great Nation. But The Republicans Argued That The Pursuit Of Justice Is The Business Of A Great Nation. In Winning This Point, They Caught The Falling Flag, Producing A Triumph For The Rule Of Law, A Reassertion Of The Belief That No Man Is Above It, And A Rebuke For An Arrogance That Had Grown Imperial.

If You Join Government, Calmly Make Your Contribution And Move On. Don't Go Along To Get Along; Do Your Best And When You Have To - And You Will - Leave, And Be Something Else.

Resentment Isn't A Magnetic Personal Style.

One Way To Keep People Close To You Is By Not Giving Them Enough. ... With People Who Give A Lot Of Themselves, You Sometimes Lean Back - But With People Who Give Little You Often Lean Forward, As If They're A Spigot In The Desert And You're The Empty Cup. It Is The Tropism Of Deprivation: We Lean Toward Those Who Do Not Give.

Part Of Courage Is Simple Consistency.