"Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it." ― Russell Baker Topic(s): Government Tags: power, summer More From Russell Baker "Those who remember Washington’s cold war culture in the 1980s will recall the shocked reactions to Reagan’s intervention. People interested in foreign policy were astonished when in 1985 he met alone at Geneva – alone, not a single strategic thinker at his elbow! – with the Soviet Communist master Gorbachev." "Don’t try to make children grow up to be like you, or they may do it." "Strategic thinkers were naturally rattled to find this outsider fooling around with their work. They had been thinking strategically when Reagan was just another movie actor playing opposite a chimpanzee, for heaven’s sake. They think Reagan is too naive, too innocent, to grasp the intellectual complexities of cold war strategy." More In Government "The universe never did make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract."― Robert A. Heinlein "Culture is the arts elevated to a set of beliefs."― Thomas Wolfe "When the federal government spends more each year than it collects in tax revenues, it has three choices: It can raise taxes, print money, or borrow money. While these actions may benefit politicians, all three options are bad for average Americans."― Ron Paul