All the States and Governments by which men are or ever have been ruled, have been and are either Republics or Princedoms.
My teachers used to call me a failure
I want my son to grow up in a place where the people are more powerful than the government and not the other way around.
I think what happened with 911 is that people sort of felt that it came from nowhere. Whereas I think now we understand the roots are very deep. I say it's like revolutionary Communism, something that is going to have to be knocked out over a very long period of time. This strain of extremism continues to be very strong, whether it's in Afghanistan, or Somalia or Yemen, or any of these places.
I don't think there Is a way politically to beat "Insurgent Movement Of Populism".
The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.
Global warming is too serious for the world any longer to ignore its danger or split into opposing factions on it.
I had no words for these feelings. And then people started using the word Ms. Suddenly, there was this handle with which I could identify myself and understand why I felt so out of whack with the culture around me.
Today, the notion of progress in a single line without goal or limit seems perhaps the most parochial notion of a very parochial century
The first census in 1790 asked just six questions: the name of the head of the household, the number of free white males older than 16, the number of free white males younger than 16, the number of free white females, the number of other free persons, and the number of slaves.
No one imposes things on anyone in Europe. That's not my notion, nor is it my temperament. The EU has always functioned under the banner of respect, equilibrium and trust.