Words Have Meaning. And Their Meaning Doesn't

Many Think It Not Only Inevitable But Entirely Proper That Liberty Give Way To Security In Times Of National Crisis--that, At The Extremes Of Military Exigency, Inter Arma Silent Leges. Whatever The General Merits Of The View That War Silences Law Or Modulates Its Voice, That View Has No Place In The Interpretation And Application Of A Constitution Designed Precisely To Confront War And, In A Manner That Accords With Democratic Principles, To Accommodate It.

This Is So Absurd That It Has, To My Knowledge, Never Been Contemplated.

Power Tends To Corrupt. But The Power In Washington Resides In Congress, If It Wants To Use It. It Can Do Anything-it Can Stop The Vietnam War. It Can Make Its Will Felt, If It Can Ever Get Its Act Together To Do Anything.

Words Have Meaning. And Their Meaning Doesn't Change.

In A Big Family The First Child Is Kind Of Like The First Pancake. If It's Not Perfect, That's Okay, There Are A Lot More Coming Along.