Falling short of perfection is a process that just never stops.

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The New Yorker has devoted itself for 59 years not only to facts and literal...

The New Yorker has devoted itself for 59 years not only to facts and literal...

Remember and help America remember that the fellowship of human beings is more important than...

Remember and help America remember that the fellowship of human beings is more important than...

No one built this country on their own. This nation is great because we built...

No one built this country on their own. This nation is great because we built...

Americans are the only people in the world known to me whose status anxiety prompts...

Americans are the only people in the world known to me whose status anxiety prompts...

In Beverly Hills... they don't throw their garbage away. They make it into television shows.

In Beverly Hills... they don't throw their garbage away. They make it into television shows.

What has happened at Guantanamo Bay... does not represent the will of the American people....

What has happened at Guantanamo Bay... does not represent the will of the American people....

I have found out in later years [that] we were very poor, but the glory...

I have found out in later years [that] we were very poor, but the glory...

The immense popularity of American movies abroad demonstrates that Europe is the unfinished negative of...

The immense popularity of American movies abroad demonstrates that Europe is the unfinished negative of...

You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I'm...

You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I'm...

As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those...

As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those...

I've said many a time that I think the Un-American Activities Committee in the House...

I've said many a time that I think the Un-American Activities Committee in the House...

I think we Americans tend to put too high a price on unanimity, as if...

I think we Americans tend to put too high a price on unanimity, as if...

Ninety-eight percent of American homes have TV sets, which means the people in the other...

Ninety-eight percent of American homes have TV sets, which means the people in the other...

You know, there are a lot of would-be governors of Texas sitting around today who...

You know, there are a lot of would-be governors of Texas sitting around today who...

American husbands are the best in the world; no other husbands are so generous to...

American husbands are the best in the world; no other husbands are so generous to...

The Senate is the last primitive society in the world. We still worship the elders...

The Senate is the last primitive society in the world. We still worship the elders...

A tax cut is really one of the anecdotes to coming out of an economic...

A tax cut is really one of the anecdotes to coming out of an economic...

The American people must be willing to give up a degree of personal privacy in...

The American people must be willing to give up a degree of personal privacy in...

New York now leads the world's great cities in the number of people around whom...

New York now leads the world's great cities in the number of people around whom...

A city has values as well as slums, excitement as well as conflict a personality...

A city has values as well as slums, excitement as well as conflict a personality...