Inasmuch as society cannot go on without discipline of some kind, men were constrained, in the absence of any other form of discipline, to turn to discipline of the military type.

The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in the plain people.

A democracy, the realistic observer is forced to conclude, is likely to be idealistic in its feelings about itself, but imperialistic about its practice.

If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama.

People don't trust government, they don't trust Wall Street, they don't trust the church, they don't trust the media.

I think all members of Congress are very concerned about the fact that, while we want to see our law enforcement agencies have every means they can possibly have to combat terrorism, we've got to remember that we've had a Constitution in place for 225 years, and it has served us well.

No nation can claim, 'We are an uncorrupt nation, therefore we will tell you what the morals of democracy are.'

I've met some smart people doing security work in the government, and they're starting to reach out to a broader audience, which I think is a good thing.