I enjoy privacy. I think it's nice to have a little mystery. I think because of technology a lot of the mystery is gone in life and I'd like to preserve some of that.
Which European leader today would not relish the wonder-working powers of a Moses? Budget deficit? Unpopular cuts? How about just a little miracle an overnight increase in gold reserves a new oil field or the next world-changing communications technology? Surely that's not too much to ask.
This is just what I have thought when I have seen slaves at work - they seem to go through the motions of labor without putting strength into them. They keep their powers in reserve for their own use at night perhaps.
Military strength in reserve is better than military strength being reigned upon the other side including all of its innocent civilians.
The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves.
Unlike any other business in the United States sports must preserve an illusion of perfect innocence.
The rights of democracy are not reserved for a select group within society they are the rights of all the people.
If we wish to preserve a free society it is essential that we recognize that the desirability of a particular object is not sufficient justification for the use of coercion.
It seems to me that socialists today can preserve their position in academic economics merely by the pretense that the differences are entirely moral questions about which science cannot decide.
We reserve our deepest respect and admiration for those who volunteer for service and give their lives to help keep our nation secure.