When I first started working in politics as a junior aide on Walter Mondale's 1984 presidential campaign it never occurred to me that I would one day work in the White House. There were plenty of women among the volunteers who stuffed envelopes and walked precincts. But there were fewer and fewer on each successive level of influence and access.
There is one and only one thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely repressive justice.
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A self-respecting nation is ready for anything including war except for a...
Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it or thinks he does as it is...
The only way into truth is through one's own annihilation through dwelling a...
The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know.
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In the intellectual order the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less...
Evil when we are in its power is not felt as evil but as a necessity even...
I want a society that provides decent jobs for those who can work and decent...
That a society controls to a greater or lesser extent the behavior of its...
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RFK was a compelling figure because he was willing to challenge his audiences...
I think human society for tens of thousands of years has sent young men out...
In emerging democracies like Russia in authoritarian states like Iran or...
Well you got to remember bin Laden killed 3 000 Americans and in some ways...
You shouldn't get to live in society and give nothing back. People complain...
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