The Lord Looks After Drunks And Americans.

The Single Most Exciting Thing You Encounter In Government Is Competence, Because It's So Rare.

It Is Perhaps Common In The World For Individuals And Nations To Suffer For Their Noble Qualities More Than For Their Ignoble Ones. For Nobility Is An Occasion For Pride, The Most Treacherous Of Sentiments.

Somehow Liberals Have Been Unable To Acquire From Life What Conservatives Seem To Be Endowed With At Birth: Namely, A Healthy Skepticism Of The Powers Of Government Agencies To Do Good.

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.

Secrecy Is For Losers. For People Who Do Not Know How Important The Information Really Is.