It is almost everywhere the case that soon after it is begotten the greater part of human wisdom is laid to rest in repositories.

Government has the role of suiting people for freedom. People aren't made for freedom spontaneously. There's sort of a 19-year race between when people are born and when they become adults. And government has a role in making them at the end of 19 years suited to be upright trustworthy repositories of popular sovereignty.

I like making films about old people because they are repositories of amazing stories that they tell well. And they're incredibly good telly.