It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time.
It’s not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what’s required.
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if [...]
A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.
A love for tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations in their hour of peril.
All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in single words: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred [...]
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.
Everyone has his day and some days last longer than others.
The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when [...]
A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.
A joke is a very serious thing.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Once in a while [...]
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
There is no such thing as a good tax.
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.
We contend that for a nation to tax itself into [...]