Some People Strengthen The Society Just By

Leaders Come In Many Forms, With Many Styles And Diverse Qualities. There Are Quiet Leaders And Leaders One Can Hear In The Next County. Some Find Strength In Eloquence, Some In Judgment, Some In Courage.

History Never Looks Like History When You Are Living Through It. It Always Looks Confusing And Messy, And It Always Feels Uncomfortable.

The Hallmark Of Our Age Is The Tension Between Aspirations And Sluggish Institutions.

Tax Reduction Has An Almost Irresistible Appeal To The Politician, And It Is No Doubt Also Gratifying To The Citizen. It Means More Dollars In His Pocket, Dollars That He Can Spend If Inflation Doesn't Consume Them First. But Dollars In His Pocket Won't Buy Him Clean Streets Or An Adequate Police Force Or Good Schools Or Clean Air And Water. Handing Money Back To The Private Sector In Tax Cuts And Starving The Public Sector Is A Formula For Producing Richer And Richer Consumers In Filthier And Filthier Communities. If We Stick To That Formula We Shall End Up In Affluent Misery.

Whoever I Am, Or Whatever I Am Doing, Some Kind Of Excellence Is Within My Reach.