Governments and the military purport to protect the public from enemies, and if there were no enemies they would have to invent some, for the simple purpose of rationalizing their existence.

'Rights' are granted; 'duties' are enforced. To speak of rights and duties is to think in terms of authority.

Twisted and perverse are the ways of the human mind, " Jane intoned. "Pinocchio was such a dolt to try to become a real boy. He was much better off with a wooden head.

Conservatives have been using poor black and Latino children as mascots in the voucher crusade for a decade.

And this is the final meaning of work: the extension of human consciousness. The lesser meaning of work is the achieving of self-preservation.

Those who enter the country illegally violate the law.

I thought I was gonna be in the minimum-wage working world all my life.

It's important to respect both your teammates and your opponents. Friendships can make a victory last forever.

In the book [Today Matters] I talk about successful people make important decisions early in their life, and then they manage those decisions the rest of their life.

Although I still write, research and investigate, my role is primarily that of a publisher and editor-in-chief who organises and directs other journalists.

The world is won by those who let it go.

I envy the sensibility in Europe, appreciating beauty in women as they age. I'm going to go that way. I might dye my gray hair for a bit, but beyond that the buck stops. I'm not having any work done.