Discipline without freedom is tyranny; freedom without discipline is chaos.

The only new ideas that are not subject to our skepticism or suspicion are our own.

Sometimes we deny being worthy of praise, hoping to generate an argument we would be pleased to lose.

In our nation there are two classes of nobility: the law-abiding workers and the law-abiding employers who sustain each other.

There are people who can talk sensibly about a controversial issue; they're called humorists.

Saying what we think gives us a wider conversational range than saying what we know.

People seldom become famous for what they say until after they are famous for what they've done.