"Leon Uris is a storyteller, in a direct line from those men who sat around fires in the days before history and made the tribe more human."

"Veterans create privilege for all those who have not had to serve."

"Now, make no mistake: History is on the side of these brave Africans, not with those who use coups or change constitutions to stay in power. Africa doesn't need strongmen; it needs strong institutions…"

"After the preliminary shock , the nations will meet together to discuss the means of coping with the future in ordered fashion. Those who have stood most emphatically behind the rule of market forces …"

"I myself have no doubt in the past tended to appear to many to be more concerned with the creation of wealth than with its distribution. I must confess that there is a degree of truth in this, but to …"