Government is not a substitute for people, but simply the instrument through which they act. And if the individual fails to do his duty as a citizen, government becomes a very deadly instrument indeed.

You can overcome anything if you don't bellyache.

Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures.

Only liars manage to always be out during bad times and in during good times.

I have learned the truth of the observation that the more one approaches great men the more one finds that they are men.

Bears don't live on Park Avenue.

Chance sometimes opens the door, but luck belongs to the good players.