In counterfactual history, nothing is certain.

The consequence of the Bay of Pigs failure wasn't an acceptance of Castro and his control of Cuba but, rather, a renewed determination to bring him down by stealth.

... what's in a person's heart and soul will not likely be changed by the ability to command a helicopter to land on the South Lawn.

Like Lyndon Johnson, President Obama understands that timidity in a time of troubles is a prescription for failure.

What makes war interesting for Americans is that we don't fight war on our soil, we don't have direct experience of it, so there's an openness about the meanings we give it.

Presidents by six years have been there long enough for the media and the country to see their flaws.

It is very difficult for [people] to accept the idea that someone as inconsequential as Oswald could have killed someone as consequential as Kennedy.

The art of diplomacy is finding a reasonable route among imperfect alternatives.

JFK to RFK: To survive in politics, you sometimes have to be willing to make fun of yourself.

Vietnam was a palpable failure. And of course, in retrospect, it was even more clearly a disaster and a failure than maybe people understood at the time.

Public scandals are America's favorite parlor sport. Learning about the flaws and misdeeds of the rich and famous seems to satisfy our egalitarian yearnings.

Those who complain never love, those who love, never complain.

One of the most dangerous things that can happen to a child is to kill or torture an animal an get away with it.

the great novels have marched with the years. They are the contemporaries of time.

Listen to the extremists - changes come from them.

Most of my show is just improvisation. It goes with the energy of the crowd.

Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.

Code-sharing, alliances, and connections are all about "how do we screw the poor customer for more money?"

Why do all your friends talk like books?

I do a TV show about a priest in London, and he is also slightly beleaguered and is subject to fate and misfortune and daily difficulty.

I want to achieve anti-fashion through fashion. That's why I'm always heading in my own direction, in parallel to fashion.