There are many who lust for the simple answers of doctrine or decree. They are on the left and right. They are not confined to a single part of the society. They are terrorists of the mind.

Quote by A Bartlett Giamatti

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All I ever wanted to be president of was the American League.

All I ever wanted to be president of was the American League.

Teaching is an instinctual art, mindful of potential, craving of realizations, a pausing, seamless process.

Teaching is an instinctual art, mindful of potential, craving of realizations, a pausing, seamless process.

A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society, and at the heart...

A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society, and at the heart...

On a good day, I view the job [of president] as directing an orchestra. On...

On a good day, I view the job [of president] as directing an orchestra. On...

You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned seventy,...

You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned seventy,...

Leave the President's family business to him. You will have plenty to do without trying...

Leave the President's family business to him. You will have plenty to do without trying...

Using the Oval office to cheat on your wife makes you a bad husband and...

Using the Oval office to cheat on your wife makes you a bad husband and...

Presidents do make mistakes, but the immortal Dante tells us that divine justice weighs the...

Presidents do make mistakes, but the immortal Dante tells us that divine justice weighs the...

To be a great president, you have to have a war. All the great presidents...

To be a great president, you have to have a war. All the great presidents...

To announce that there must be no criticism of the president... is morally treasonable to...

To announce that there must be no criticism of the president... is morally treasonable to...

A woman will be elected President before Wade Boggs is called out on strikes. I...

A woman will be elected President before Wade Boggs is called out on strikes. I...

Know that the immediate staff and others in the Administration will assume that your manner,...

Know that the immediate staff and others in the Administration will assume that your manner,...

New Year's Eve, where auld acquaintance be forgot. Unless, of course, those tests come back...

New Year's Eve, where auld acquaintance be forgot. Unless, of course, those tests come back...

I see the first lady as another means to keep a president from becoming isolated.

I see the first lady as another means to keep a president from becoming isolated.

Many people around the President have sizeable egos before entering government, some with good reason....

Many people around the President have sizeable egos before entering government, some with good reason....

I like the job. That's what I'll miss the most... I'm not sure anybody ever...

I like the job. That's what I'll miss the most... I'm not sure anybody ever...

Don't automatically obey Presidential directives if you disagree or if you suspect he hasn't considered...

Don't automatically obey Presidential directives if you disagree or if you suspect he hasn't considered...

Anybody who wants the presidency so much that he'll spend two years organizing and campaigning...

Anybody who wants the presidency so much that he'll spend two years organizing and campaigning...

Leave the President's family business to him. You will have plenty to do without trying...

Leave the President's family business to him. You will have plenty to do without trying...

I also wish that the Pledge of Allegiance were directed at the Constitution and the...

I also wish that the Pledge of Allegiance were directed at the Constitution and the...