The government wields a heavy hand, which is often used in an underhanded way.

Brent never trusted anyone who couldn’t look him in the eye. It was a sign of dishonesty.

Silence is never an admission. We learn that in law school.

Fairness is a term that is interpreted different ways. For the government, fair is whatever suits their needs.

Are you telling me that now the government is going after attorneys? They’re going to put every attorney for everyone they think is a bad guy in jail?

The old adage that ‘there are two sides to every story’ is not true. There is a story for every storyteller.

The test of any relationship is, when the going gets tough, whether your partner stays with you or 'gets going'.

Of course there is no veneer, the process is one of growth, and primitiveness and civilization are degrees of the same thing. If civilization has an opposite, it is war.

Not learning by doing, but learning by risking.

When libertarian sentiments take a populist form, it looks like this: a mix of anger, fear, anti-intellectualism, and fierce government hostility. Welcome to the Tea Party movement.

The first duty of an historian is to be on his guard against his own sympathies.

I'm not a romantic lead. I have sticking-out ears and a little troll nose.

You will be most remembered-by what brought you most joy.

I like to listen to classical music... I like mainline jazz.

In death, hope is everlasting.

When policemen go to prison in England, they have as bad a time as a pedophile.

It takes time to be a good father. It takes effort - trying, failing, and trying again.