The Senate has unlimited debate; in the House, debate is ruthlessly circumscribed. There is frequent discussion as to which technique most effectively frustrates democratic process. However, a more important antidote to American democracy is American gerontocracy. The positions of eminence and authority in Congress are allotted in accordance with length of service, regardless of quality. Superficial observers have long criticized the United States for making a fetish of youth. This is unfair. Uniquely among modern organs of public and private administration, its national legislature rewards senility.

Among all the world's races, some obscure Bedouin tribes possibly apart, Americans are the most prone to misinformation. This is not the consequence of any spe…

In the United States, though power corrupts, the expectation of power paralyzes.

In economics, hope and faith coexist with great scientific pretension and also a deep desire for respectability.

As a man of the Congress, let me reaffirm my conviction that the collective wisdom of our two great legislative bodies, while not infallible, will in the end s…

Congress no longer declares war or makes budgets. So that's the end of the constitution as a working machine.

The Government of the absolute majority instead of the Government of the people is but the Government of the strongest interests; and when not efficiently chec…