George F. Kennan

Heroism is endurance for one moment more.

The accords were fig leaves of democratic procedure to hide the nakedness of Stalinist dictatorship.

The best thing we can do if we want the Russians to let us be Americans is to let the Russians be Russian.

My feeling for reality TV isn't ironic, guilty, or apologetic. Reality TV is one of the few remaining modes of popular entertainment in which characterization is permitted as plot.

I suppose the White House thinks it's doing what Big Business wants, but it will lead to vastly increased taxes, because all these guest workers are to be allowed to bring their children.

A flat-rate poll tax would be politically unsustainable; even with a rebate scheme, the package would have an unacceptable impact on certain types of household.