He had become, through a combination of heritage and character, a keeper of the national conscience.

Everything interested him and everything excited him.

William McKinley was a man made to be managed.

What other country has had the privilege of making the world's heart beat faster?

Diplomacy's primary law: LEAVE ROOM FOR NEGOTIATION.

The art of oratory was considered part of the equipment of a statesman.

The author says one patrician English leader saw his relationship with the populace thusly: He wasn't responsible TO them. He was responsible FOR them. He was responsible for their care.

A minister's (cabinet member's) function was not to DO the work but to see that it got done.

Duty was not untinged by ambition.

Britain had an air of careless supremacy which GALLED her neighbors.

Even his own speeches bored him.

People regret not achieving enough success in life, they should regret missing many opportunities in life.

This is a perfect pair - he's a hypochondriac and she's a pill.

I do not want to encourage heckling and outbreaks at all.

Love distills desire upon the eyes, love brings bewitching grace into the heart.

Oppressed cultures often envy those which are not, or oppressed individuals do, and sometimes those which - and who - are not envy those which - who - are.

The most difficult thing for me is to leave the New Jersey Devils, a great organization that I have a lot of respect for, and our fans that have been great to me.

There is no point in being alive if you cannot do the deadlift

I did not have a father. It was my mom who chose to be alone. She felt that she would be better off by herself with me after I was born.

A short story is a different thing all together - a short story is like a kiss in the dark from a stranger.

Unsubstantial Death is amorous.