NARA must provide security at our facilities to protect our public patrons, our staff, and our holdings.

We live in a world of increasing dependence on electronic records and retrieval, unprecedented security and preservation concerns, and insufficient attention to civic and democratic education.

Thus, the Archivist must display at all times scrupulous independence and a devotion to the laws and principles which govern the responsibilities of the office.

For the Archivist, this role is a result of his obligation to preserve and assure timely and maximum access to our governmental records in the evolving historic saga of the American people.

This awareness instills a fierce desire to protect that heritage and - in doing so - to educate Americans in the meaning and importance of our pivotal documents.

Our new strategic plan emphasizes the importance of providing access to records anytime, anywhere. This is one of many initiatives that we are launching to make our goal a reality.

No matter how ugly a fruit is, worms will seek it out.

What you think about yourself is more important than what others think about you.

The game isn't over until it's over.

It’s like watching a starving pig eat his own klunk.

Anyone with a little computer experience knows that anything can be copied bit-by-bit with the right equipment.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

There is nothing worse than the ambitions of a talentless person.

I am scared of being broke and famous. I think that would be the biggest curse.

The way to prevent war is to bend every energy toward preventing it, not to proceed by the dubious indirection of preparing for it.

Actions themselves form no bondage. Bondage is only the false belief,"I am the do-er."