Man is a strange animal, he doesn't like to read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it.

Bad administration, to be sure, can destroy good policy, but good administration can never save bad policy.

Carelessness about our security is dangerous, carelessness about our freedom is also dangerous.

A man doesn't save a century, or a civilization, but a militant party wedded to a principle can.

Man is a strange animal, he doesn't like to read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it.

An independent is the guy who wants to take the politics out of politics.

A wise man does not try to hurry history. Many wars have been avoided by patience, and many have been precipitated by reckless haste.