I joined the Army in 1965 and served with the 11th Hussars, which I loved. The regiment was so relaxed - a salute was more like a friendly wave.
A blend of fact and fiction has been used in various forms since the dawn of creative writing, starting with sagas and epic poems.
One has this image of the Soviet state and the Red Army as being extremely disciplined but in the first four months of 1945 their soldiers were completely out of control.
A good deal of time spent researching this book might well have been wasted and valuable opportunities missed if it had not been for the help and suggestions of archivists and librarians.
It is the will of the American people that we have a right to protect our flag and this can only be accomplished by passing a Constitutional amendment.
Our flag is not just one of many political points of view. Rather, the flag is a symbol of our national unity.
One of the things I learned in law school is that there's nothing wrong or undesirable or dishonorable or destructive about amending the Constitution.
The electronic spectrum is the only natural resource in which there's no such thing as private property rights. You can't own a piece of the spectrum.
There is no dispute that Albany needs to be changed. There is no dispute that the current situation in Albany is untenable. Nobody knows that better than I do.
Whether you voted for me or not, going through the Democratic process had made me a better candidate. I am a smarter, better candidate.
I don't think anyone would argue with the notion that there have been serious abuses on Wall Street.
Well, there is an attorney-client privilege here that needs to be respected, and it's a privilege that has been found to be worthy of protection by our courts.
I feel very confident that that information should be sufficient for the members of the Senate to make an informed decision about John Roberts' qualifications.
Many attempts had been made by colonial legislatures to cut off or to tax the importation of slaves.
In 1763 the English were the most powerful nation in the world.
Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense.
If the hairs on my neck stand up while I'm writing, I figure the reader will get the same kind of shock.
Monsters just outside our peripheral vision are scarier to contemplate than monsters miles away or in someplace only a fool would set foot in.
I was born during the Depression in a little community just outside Waco, and I grew up listening to Franklin Roosevelt on the radio.
The immense cities lie basking on the beaches of the continent like whales that have taken to the land.
I do not believe that civilizations have to die because civilization is not an organism. It is a product of wills.
