"During the New Deal, people thought to be liberal was to reject socialism on one extreme and fascism on the other, and to preserve capitalism through regulation and a social safety net."

"Empires inevitably fall, and when they do, history judges them for the legacies they leave behind."

"The world is full of nations that are part of the community of nations that don't respect rights."

"Cyber attacks are not what makes the cool war 'cool.' As a strategic matter, they do not differ fundamentally from older tools of espionage and sabotage."

"Buddhism notes that it is always a mistake to think your soul can go it alone."

"The Senate is a place filled with goodwill and good intentions, and if the road to hell is paved with them, then it's a pretty good detour."

"Once spirit was God, then it became man, and now it is even becoming mob."

"The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless."