A political leader must keep looking over his shoulder all the time to see if the boys are still there. If they arent still there, hes no longer a political leader.

Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure.

There is something about inside information which seems to paralyze a man's reasoning powers.

Unless each man produces more than he receives, increases his output, there will be less for him than all the others.

I have known men who could see through the motivations of others with the skill of a clairvoyant; only to prove blind to their own mistakes. I have been one of those men.

Bears don't live on Park Avenue.

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.