Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

The best reason I can think of for not running for President of the United States is that you have to shave twice a day.

The relationship of the toastmaster to speaker should be the same as that of the fan to the fan dancer. It should call attention to the subject without making any particular effort to cover it.

The free press is the mother of all our liberties and of our progress under liberty.

She was the kind of person who would rather light a candle than curse the darkness.

Accuracy to a newspaper is what virtue is to a lady; but a newspaper can always print a retraction.

The university is the archive of the Western mind, it's the keeper of the Western culture, ... the guardian of our heritage, the teacher of our teachers, ... the dwelling place of the free mind.