"Affairs of state tend to drive most presidents toward the center on both foreign and domestic policy, no matter where on the political spectrum they begin, and especially so in the areas of intelligence and law enforcement."

-- David K. Shipler

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“History will remember the inhabitants of this century as the people who went from Kitty Hawk to the moon in 66 years, only to languish for the next 30 in low Earth orbit. At the core of the risk-free society is a self-indulgent failure of nerve.”
“A man without justice is a beast, and a man who would make himself a beast forgets the pain of being a man.”
“I don't ever go on the Internet. I don't even know how it works.”
“When I was first writing, I used to sit at the piano and play songs - I'd write one or two a night. It was my hobby. At some point, it then became a process that was mainly done within the context of the studio, and writing became part of the recording process.”
“I am not a child, I think for myself. No man can think for me.”
“There is some place where your specialties can shine. Somewhere that difference can be expressed. It's up to you to find it, and you can.”
“Needing to talk badly about others indicates low self esteem. That means, 'I feel so low that instead of picking myself up, I have to cut others down.' Letting go of negative things quickly is healthy.”
“President Jimmy Carter inherited an impossible situation - and he and his advisers made the worst of it.”

Source : "Playing the Carter card" by John McCain, www.politico.com. June 09, 2008.

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