Within the U.S., the Obama presidency will be mainly measured by the success or failure of his economic policies. And here, I fear, the monstrous stimulus package with which this administration stumbled out of the gate will prove to be Obamas Waterloo. – Camille Paglia
You always have certain strengths and certain weaknesses, and you want to compensate for your weaknesses… I have a real duty to earn the trust of the faculty. I dont just deserve it. I have to earn it. – Erskine Bowles
It seemed that rebellion must have an unassailable base, something guarded not merely from attack, but from the fear of it: such a base as we had in the Red Sea Parts, the desert, or in the minds of the men we converted to our creed. – T. E. Lawrence