“After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquility of a political convention.”
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That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another.
I'm not an old, experienced hand at politics. But I am now seasoned enough to have learned that the hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.
We must recover the element of quality in our traditional pursuit of equality. We must not, in opening our schools to everyone, confuse the idea that all should have equal chance with the notion that all have equal endowments.
It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.
