...In the vast majority of drug experiments, it is not uncommon for none or one or two of hundreds of patients to benefit from the drug.

These human experiments have gone largely unchallenged and unquestioned by Congress, the medical profession, and the scientific community at large.

I would argue that in times of war, sealed lips sink entire democracies. If we don't have access to vital information, we lose everything.

There's no faster way or surer way to consolidate power and disenfranchise critics than to operate in secret. So this plays squarely into the promotion of the unitary executive. That's one factor.

Secrecy doesn't attach to particular parties; it attaches to power. All of the bull work is in place for whomever succeeds. That's my concern.

It will be important to restore those provisions, those disclose provisions, those release provisions so that presidents are indeed held accountable and their information and papers are made public.

The SBUs have spread like kudzu and are choking off everyone's ability to see what the hell's going on in government.

The mechanics vary from place to place and from office to office. The handling of SBUs can be different in the same agency just across the hall, one from another. There are virtually no standards.

The source of motivation should be in the vision, not position.

None of us marry perfection

Who are you?" I asked as he turned and headed deeper into the cavern. "I am Fenrir the Wolf." "I'm sorry, did you say you're a wolf?

My mother said "You won't amount to anything because you procrastinate." I said "Just wait."

When you're old-fashioned like I am, you know marriage is forever. Those vows are a promise.

To restore the trust of the people, we must reform the way the government operates.

Yes is like credit, No is like cash.

…and there, in the background, the sky’s sediment had sunk to a place where all the woe of the words ‘I am’ dissolved into blue peace. He said it. ‘The ocean.

You have to change those diapers every day. When those directions on the side of the Pampers box say, 'holds 6-12 pounds' they're not kidding!

There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints.