Being lectured by the president on fiscal responsibility is a little bit like Tony Soprano talking to me about law and order in this country.
Nationality: American Type: Politician Born: December 11, 1943 |
If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.
I have often said that just as the French revolution, for instance, understood itself through antiquity, I think our time can be understood through the French revolution. It is quite a natural process to use other times to understand your own time.