I am a man of simple tastes easily satisfied with the best
Democracy is more vindictive than cabinets, the wars of peoples will be more terrible than those of kings.
Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fe...
All of the great empires of the future will be empires of the mind.
When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened
When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.
I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.
Always remember, that I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.
If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way toward one another.
I hate nobody except Hitler--and that is professional.
Where does the family start? It starts with a young man falling in love with a girl - no superior alternative has yet been found.
The power of the Executive to cast a man into prison without formulating any charge known to the law and particularly to deny him the judgement of his peers is in the highest degree odious and is the...
The maxim, "Nothing prevails but perfection," may be spelled PARALYSIS.
If he trips he must be sustained. If he makes mistakes they must be covered. If he sleeps he must not be wantonly disturbed. If he is no good he must be pole-axed
We seek no treasure, we seek no territorial gains, we seek only the right of man to be free; we seek his rights to worship his god, to lead his life in his own way, secure from persecution. As the hum...
Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body; it calls attention to the development of an unhealthy state of things. If it is heeded in t...
Man will occasionally stumble upon the truth but most times he will pick himself up and continue on.
If you go on with this nuclear arms race, all you are going to do is make the rubble bounce.
I've gotten more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.
Occasionally he stumbled over the truth, but hastily picked himself up and hurried on as if nothing had happened.