It is not from reason and prudence that people marry, but from inclination.
People should make distinctions between the office of the presidency and the person who occupies it. You can respect the office even as you lose respect for the individual.
Coolidge's preference for experience over ideas was a deeply rooted trait.
An old-timer is someone who can remember when a naughty child was taken to the woodshed instead of to a psychiatrist.
One thing that does seem to me to be fairly consistent is that presidents who restrict civil liberties, even in wartime, are usually judged harshly for it. So most people agree that one of the worst stains on the reputation of FDR, who is widely considered a great president, is the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Likewise, Lincoln is judged harshly for the suspension of habeas corpus.
Presidents who restrict civil liberties, even in wartime, are usually judged harshly for it.
It's actually quite common for presidents to believe that future generations will render a verdict on their presidencies that is more lasting or definitive than the judgments of their contemporaries. The reason is that although history is certainly "an argument without end" - we're still debating many age-old questions - time does help settle others.
In pure architecture the smallest detail should have a meaning or serve a purpose.
Everything I have designed is absolutely unnecessary.
Whatever creative success I gained was due to my belief that creative power can be stepped up by effort, and that there are ways in which we can guide our creative thinking.
Having lost sight of our objectives, we redoubled our efforts.