It is precisely our job as Catholics to speak the truth as plainly and precisely as we can.

Do the job first. Worry about the clearance later.

The only genuine elite is the elite of those men and women who gave their lives to justice and charity.

It's the most rewarding thing to be a civil servant.

There was a Russian director named Elem Klimov, who did his films during the communist days. They were constantly struggling with the authorities and to be allowed to express themselves. But he did one of the best war movies I've ever seen - it's called 'Come and See.'

Our political machine, composed of thirteen independent sovereignties, have been perpetually operating against each other and against the federal head ever since the peace.

War is not cheap, but it's the human cost that's the highest.

After the war, when my husband came home, we had two more children, and domesticity for a while prevailed combined with beginning the work I had always wanted to do, which was writing a book.