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.

The civilized man has a moral obligation to be skeptical, to demand the credentials of all statements that claim to be facts.

An honorable man will not be bullied by a hypothesis.

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

Most civilized lives are measured out with coffee spoons.

Wisdom is meaningless until your own experience has given it meaning, and there is wisdom in the selection of wisdom.