He was a consummate politician-- which is to say he was given to expedient speech and lacked even a vestigial spine.

Such is the strength of the burden of habit. Here I have the power to be but do not wish it. There I wish to be but lacks the power. On both grounds, I'm in misery.

The sight of big ships, of the many new uniforms, at once serious and cool, left Bush with an overall sense of the navy's power and camaraderie and purpose.

The sea pronounces something, over and over, in a hoarse whisper; I cannot quite make it out.

Reformation is a return to the sound doctrine of the Bible. Revival is the practice of that sound doctrine under the power of the Holy Spirit.

I've never been quarantined. But the more I look around the more I think it might not be a bad idea.

Increases in interest rates normally worsen inequality, at least partly by reducing employment and wage growth.

These years of the Ecole Normale were an ordeal. Nothing was handed to me on the first try.

I've seen with my own students, community colleges offer an affordable route to four-year college degrees and good paying jobs.

Nobility of character manifests itself at loop-holes when it is not provided with large doors.

The leaders of these moments know full well they're never gonna live next to these newly arriving immigrants. They're gonna live in gated communities. They're gonna continue to be rich.