"She had been carried away by the need to defend herself."
"People seem to remember the sacrifices they made more than what the sacrifices were for."
"He was vain and tended to surround himself with intellectual and moral pygmies."
"Jonathan had been around Washington long enough to know that no offer was exactly what it seemed."
"He was the sort of man who only wanted to be told what he already assumed was true."
"Our sense of history has grown dangerously thin, and our sense of proportion with it."
"So many people of liberal persuasion value their own progressive opinions more than they value the people they hold those opinions about."
"He seemed to believe that indignation was a sufficient guardian."
"Coming from a business family, she shied away from abstractions."
"The victors always think they are righteous. But then, they always seem to start a mighty unrighteous squabbling over the spoils."
"The only way to prove his willingness to wait would be to wait."