“Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble governmen...” — Edmund Burke Quote

Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.

Woman is not made to be the admiration of all, but the happiness of one.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.

The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.

As director of CIA, I was responsible for everything done in the agency's name, and it didn't matter whether that was done by an agency employee, a government contractor, a liaison service on our behalf, or a source on our behalf.

The biggest lesson I learned from Vietnam is not to trust our own government statements. I had no idea until then that you could not rely on them.

You have to have a certain realism that government is a pretty blunt instrument, and without the constant attention of highly qualified people with the right metrics, it will fall into not doing things very well.

Americans no longer look to government for economic security; rather, they look to their portfolios.