People have moved beyond apathy, beyond skepticism into deep cynicism. Elliot Richardson apathycynicismdeep Change image and share on social
It often seemed like we had become a nation where the only heroes were rock singers and ball players and that there were no large men of probity who could be called upon for the task. Elliot Richardson ballcallhero Change image and share on social
For you, the state is an entity with purposes of its own that the people can be required to serve. For us the word is only a label for the arrangements by which we the people delegate to some among us responsibility for things that concern us in common. Elliot Richardson arrangementcommonconcern share on social
The experience of learning how to get straight to the core of a problem proved to be of immense value later when I had a long succession of responsibilities in large, complex government departments. Elliot Richardson complexcoredepartment Change image and share on social
The vice president had a bargaining asset, however, that no ordinary person has: He was next in line to the presidency. I saw no chance that he would resign first, then take his chances on trial, conviction, and jail. Elliot Richardson assetbargainchance share on social
I said the first concern of the administration of justice must, of course, be the individual. The second concern is the truth. Elliot Richardson administrationconcernindividual Change image and share on social
If the large power voluntarily abstains from using its full power or feels the strategic situation to be such that it cannot do so, it in effect loses the advantage of being a big power. Elliot Richardson abstainadvantagebig Change image and share on social
There is an increasingly pervasive sense not only of failure, but of futility. The legislative process has become a cruel shell game and the service system has become a bureaucratic maze, inefficient, incomprehensible, and inaccessible. Elliot Richardson bureaucraticcruelfailure share on social
But tending machinery was one thing; defining what we were trying to do and why we were doing it, and developing ways to measure how well the job was done - this was something else again. Elliot Richardson definedevelopjob Change image and share on social
I had come to regard the U.S. Senate's rejection of the League of Nations as a tragic mistake. Elliot Richardson leaguemistakenation Change image and share on social
