Newspaper editors are men who separate the wheat from the chaff, and then print the chaff.

Peace is the one condition of survival in this nuclear age.

You will find that the truth is often unpopular and the contest between agreeable fancy and disagreeable fact is unequal. For, in the vernacular, we Americans are suckers for good news.

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

There is a New America every morning when we wake up. It is upon us whether we will it or not.

He who slings mud generally loses ground.

Someone asked me...how it felt and I was reminded of a story that a fellow townsman of ours used to tell--Abraham Lincoln. They asked him how he felt once after an unsuccessful election. He said he felt like a little boy who had stubbed his toe in the dark. He said that he was too old to cry, but it hurt too much to laugh.