My Favorite Period Is World War Ii,

President Wilson Says A Leader Must Treat Public Opinion The Way A Sailor Deals With The Wind, Using It To Blow The Ship In One Direction Or Another, But Never Trying To Go Directly Against It.

A Baby Was Like A Revolution, Grigori Thought: You Could Start One, But You Could Not Control How It Would Turn Out.

The Boundary Between Philosophy And Fiction Is Not As Clear Cut As You May Think And The Two Definitely Interact.

There Is No Point In Asking A Man A Question Until You Have Established Whether He Has Any Reason To Lie To You.

There Was A Very Serious Communist Strain Among American Intellectuals Before The War. America Was A More Tolerant Place In Those Days, And Communists Were Not Treated As Pariahs. That Ended With The Mccarthy Era.