I have been told that one of the reasons the astronomers of the world cooperate is the fact that there is no one nation from which the entire sphere of the sky can be seen. Perhaps there is in that fact a parable for national statesmen, whose political horizons are all too often limited by national horizons.

Self-Criticism is the secret weapon of democracy, and candor and confession are good for the political soul.

Here, in the dread tribunal of last resort, valor contended against valor. Here brave men struggled and died for the right as God gave them to see the right.

Some of us worship in churches, some in synagogues, some on golf courses...

A lie is an abomination unto the Lord, and a very present help in trouble.

Eggheads, unite! You have nothing to lose but your yolks.

Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.