A wise man who stands firm is a statesman, a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.

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

The tragedy of our day is the climate of fear in which we live, and fear breeds repression. Too often sinister threats to the bill of rights, to freedom of the mind, are concealed under the patriotic cloak, of anti-communism.

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

Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.

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

It is in the nature of cats to do a certain amount of unescorted roaming.