“It is from Alaska that we send those out to make sure that an eye is being kept on this very powerful nation, Russia.”

“Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous.”

“Those were the 'ifs' that kept me from making a fool of myself.”

“Nevertheless, his very superiority kept him from being a success in college--the independence was mistaken for egotism, and the refusal to accept Yale standards with the proper awe seemed to belittle all those who had.”

“This was like being in one of those National Geographic magazines. We were among the natives now.”

“The human beings at the helm of the new nation [USA], whatever their limitations [slave owners, anti-democracy], were truly revolutionary. The theory of liberty born in that era, the seed of the idea, was perfect.More important, the idea itself carried within it the moral power to correct the contradictions in its execution that were obvious from the very birth of the new nation.”