I'm hard pressed to give an example on the spot of a president who explicitly spoke of the vindication of history, but I'm confident that there are many such examples.

An old-timer is someone who can remember when a naughty child was taken to the woodshed instead of to a psychiatrist.

Coolidge's preference for experience over ideas was a deeply rooted trait.

Presidents who restrict civil liberties, even in wartime, are usually judged harshly for it.

I find it hard to imagine that future historians will see the Iraq War as a big plus in Bush's ledger, but we have to admit that we simply don't know for sure.

People should make distinctions between the office of the presidency and the person who occupies it. You can respect the office even as you lose respect for the individual.

Mr. Jennings is the one who trapped the fairies here to begin with. If they’re back and wandering around, if they’re loose, then, well, it’s not good.

ABILITY TO TURN FAILURES INTO MEANINGFUL LIFE LESSONS IS WHAT MAKES A PERSON A TRUE ACHIEVER.

But a part of me lies buried in lace and roses on a riverbank in France-a part of me is broken off forever. A part of me will be unflyable, stuck in the climb.

People cry, not because they're weak, it's because they've been strong for too long.

But as we do not light up our houses with our brightest lamps for all comers, so neither did she emit from her eyes their brightest sparks till special occasions for such shining had arisen.

I would rather have a million friends than a million dollars.

The store of wisdom does not consist of hard coins which keep their shape as they pass from hand to hand; it consists of ideas and doctrines whose meanings change with the minds that entertain them.

I have a soft spot for musicians. If a man could ride this roller coaster with me and come out alive, then I guess we'd deserve each other's company.

Our motto is, 'Be gentle and subversive.'

I'm usually one of these guys analyzing what does happen and putting it in focus and context.