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

Your public servants serve you right; indeed often they serve you better than your apathy and indifference deserve.

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

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.

Our strength lies, not alone in our proving grounds and our stockpiles, but in our ideals, our goals, and their universal appeal to all men who are struggling to breathe free.

If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us. The free mind is no barking dog to be tethered on a ten-foot chain.