James Monroe

A little flattery will support a man through great fatigue.

Our country may be likened to a new house. We lack many things, but we possess the most precious of all - liberty!

Preparation for war is a constant stimulus to suspicion and ill will.

That strategy of buy and hold, which is the sound and sensible one for the individual, can have very dangerous and perverse effects for the market as a whole.

I think that the power of the Silent Minute lies in its inherent lack of external direction: what participants actually do during that minute - prayer, contemplation, focus - is up to them.

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.