Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.

Commitment is what transforms a promise into a reality... Commitment is the stuff character is made of; the power to change the face of things. It is the daily triumph of integrity over skepticism.

Education does not mean teaching people what they do not know. It means teaching them to behave as they do not behave.

There is an important sense in which government is distinctive from administration. One is perpetual, the other is temporary and changeable. A man may be loyal to his government and yet oppose the particular principles and methods of administration.

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

Our government rests in public opinion. Whoever can change public opinion, can change the government, practically just so much.

You cannot fail unless you quit.