Stoicism is the wisdom of madness and cynicism the madness of wisdom.

Many studies have established the fact that there is a high correlation between vocabulary and intelligence and that the ability to increase one's vocabulary throughout life is a sure reflection of intellectual progress.

Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no freedom of thought without doubt.

For the most part our leaders are merely following out in front; they do but marshal us the way that we are going.

That is the essence of a witch-hunt, that any questioning of the evidence or the procedures in itself constitutes proof of complicity.

Legislators who are of even average intelligence stand out among their colleagues. . . . A cultured college president has become as much a rarity as a literate newspaper publisher. A financier interested in economics is as exceptional as a labor leader interested in the labor movement. For the most part our leaders are merely following out in front; they [only] marshal us in the way that we are going.

Lying is an indispensable part of making life tolerable.