Jerry had trouble imagining himself in his thirties, much less his seventies. What would 2024 look like? The politics would have to be better than to… - Harry Turtledove

That anyone would want to be famous still mystified Colin. As TV had trained him to do, he associated the word with divorces and court appearances and rehab and jail time. He knew more than he wanted about all of those except rehab, and that was the one famous people blew off anyway.

If a republic will stand or fall on the fate of any single man, it finds itself in grave danger indeed,

A great free people owes to itself and to all mankind not to sink into helplessness before the powers of evil. I ask that this people rise to the greatness of its opportunities. I do not ask that it seek the easiest path.