The nearest the modern general or admiral comes to a small-arms encounter of any sort is at a duck hunt in the company of corporation executives at the retreat of Continental Motors, Inc.

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People with advantages are loath to believe that they just happen to be people with...

People with advantages are loath to believe that they just happen to be people with...

America is a nation with no truly national city, no Paris, no Rome, no London,...

America is a nation with no truly national city, no Paris, no Rome, no London,...

In the world of the celebrity, the hierarchy of publicity has replaced the hierarchy of...

In the world of the celebrity, the hierarchy of publicity has replaced the hierarchy of...

The principal cause of war is war itself.

The principal cause of war is war itself.

What ordinary men are directly aware of and what they try to do are bounded...

What ordinary men are directly aware of and what they try to do are bounded...

Power is not of a man. Wealth does not center in the person of the...

Power is not of a man. Wealth does not center in the person of the...

Every revolution has its counterrevolution - that is a sign the revolution is for real.

Every revolution has its counterrevolution - that is a sign the revolution is for real.

Commercial jazz, soap opera, pulp fiction, comic strips, the movies set the images, mannerisms, standards,...

Commercial jazz, soap opera, pulp fiction, comic strips, the movies set the images, mannerisms, standards,...

Prestige is the shadow of money and power.

Prestige is the shadow of money and power.

Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood...

Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood...

Not wishing to be disturbed over moral issues of the political economy, Americans cling to...

Not wishing to be disturbed over moral issues of the political economy, Americans cling to...

By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part...

By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part...

Freedom of the person under the protection of habeas corpus. I deem one of the...

Freedom of the person under the protection of habeas corpus. I deem one of the...

The principal purpose of the Democratic Party is to use the force of government to...

The principal purpose of the Democratic Party is to use the force of government to...

The government of the United States is not entitled to affirm as a universal proposition,...

The government of the United States is not entitled to affirm as a universal proposition,...

I love talking about the Kennedy assasination. The reason I do is because I'm fascinated...

I love talking about the Kennedy assasination. The reason I do is because I'm fascinated...

For every action there is an equal and opposite government program.

For every action there is an equal and opposite government program.

Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.

Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.

Congress seems to want to cure every ill known to man except unconstitutional government and...

Congress seems to want to cure every ill known to man except unconstitutional government and...

If someone dares question the Administrations leadership or integrity, they drape a flag over the...

If someone dares question the Administrations leadership or integrity, they drape a flag over the...