Chinua Achebe

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.

Presidents do not go off on leave without telling the country.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

As a young child my attention span was, as I remember it, rather short.

It is good medicine to go to a concert hall and forget the harshness of what's going on. It can be a very positive thing.