It Has Proved Politically Wiser To Set

At 14 You Are Still In Most Respects A Dependent Youth, In Some Respects A Child. At 24 You Are An Adult. In Between, Extraordinary Turbulences Take Place.

What The Press Never Does Say Is Who The Leaker Is And Why He Wants The Story Leaked. Yet, More Often Than Not, This Is The More Important Story: What Policy Wins If The One Being Disclosed Loses?

Am I Embarrassed To Speak For A Less Than Perfect Democracy? Not One Bit. Find Me A Better One. Do I Suppose There Are Societies Which Are Free Of Sin? No, I Don't. Do I Think Ours Is, On Balance, Incomparably The Most Hopeful Set Of Human Relations The World Has? Yes, I Do.

Citizen Participation Is A Device Whereby Public Officials Induce Nonpublic Individuals To Act In A Way The Officials Desire.

The Work Of Democratic Government Is Routinely Concerned With Matters Defined As Troubles. In "the Presidency And The Press" I Make The Point, Familiar To Anyone Who Has Flown About The World Much, That The Best Quick Test Of The Political Nature Of A Regime Is To Read The Local Papers On Arrival. If They Are Filled With Bad News, You Have Landed In A Libertarian Society Of Some Sort. If, On The Other Hand, The Press Is Filled With Good News, It Is A Fair Bet That The Jails Will Be Filled With Good Men.