In the power of fixing the attention lies the most precious of the intellectual habits. – Robert Hall
Rising health care spending occurs because it is beneficial, not a burden on the economy. – Robert Hall

In the power of fixing the attention lies the most precious of the intellectual habits. – Robert Hall
Rising health care spending occurs because it is beneficial, not a burden on the economy. – Robert Hall
War is nothing less than a temporary repeal of the principles of virtue. It is a system out of which almost all the virtues are excluded, and in which nearly all the vices are included. – Robert Hall
Of all the species of literary composition, perhaps biography is the most delightful. The attention concentrated on one individual gives a unity to the materials of which it is composed, which is wanting in general history. – Robert Hall
From Jefferson to Jackson to Lincoln to FDR to Reagan, every great president inspires enormous affection and enormous hostility. Well all be much saner, I think, if we remember that history is full of surprises and things that seemed absolutely certain one day are often unimaginable the next. – Jon Meacham