The art of leadership... consists in consolidating the attention of the people against a single adversary and taking care that nothing will split up that attention.
Since I wrote to you last we have got our chapel beautifully lighted with gas and have had our anniversary.
Every year, I am conscious of the anniversary of my 1974 World Trade Center walk.
À ceux qui ignorent, enseignez-leur [...] Le coupable n'est pas celui qui y fait le péché, mais celui qui y a fait l'ombre.
There are no wrong turnings. Only paths we had not known we were meant to walk.
What mortal knew the way their fate line would run?
Tigana, let my memory of you be like a blade in my soul.
Sînt imorală, grozavă, brutală și mă mănâncă pielea, cu ce te pot servi?
When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.
Barack Obama is like the old joke about boats. The two best days of owning a boat are the day you buy it and the day you sell it.
If we want to secure the best jobs in the future, we must make America the best place in the world to do business.
Krispy Kreme claims the 'batter is the best part.' Same with an Obama speech. It's all about what's on the outside, not what's inside.
The best way to solve problems and to fight against war is through dialogue.
Since Reagan there has been this tradition, which has become a cliche, of promising morning in America, this fake optimism, we're the best, the city on the hill. In fact the great American task is self-scrutiny.
The advice of the elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as a list of the hundred best books.
In days that follow, I discover that anger is easier to handle than grief.
A strong, educated middle class is what made America the greatest country in the world.
There's a clear example of resolve in this country to fight back.
It is never smart, even in a strong democracy, to declare some debate off limits. In a weakening democracy it is catastrophic.
Documentary film without nuanced journalistic sourcing risks being sensational, tendentious or broad-brushed.
Dieting is the most potent political sedative in women's history; a quietly mad population is a tractable one.
