“All the devil asks is acquiescence; not conflict, not struggle. Acquiescence.”

“I think people still want to like Barack Obama but are a little puzzled and even, sometimes, disappointed to discover that actually, all things considered, they don't really like him quite as much as they would like to.”

“Never let your opponent see you cry.”

“Life is not mathematics, and few things have only one correct answer”

“There would be no Lenin without Rasputin.”

“(aspiring journalist to Carl Kolchak)'Andy knows I want to be a reporter. Like you'This took me by surprise. 'Sallie, my dear, nobody wants to be a reporter like me.”

“They say it is a wide road that leads to war and only a narrow path that leads home again.”