The man who tries to make the flag an object of a single party is a greater traitor to that flag than any man who fires at it.

Liberty is not merely a privilege to be conferred; it is a habit to be acquired.

The conventional heaven with its angels perpetually singing etc nearly drove me mad in my youth and made me an atheist for ten years. My opinion is that we shall be reincarnated.

If the people really knew [the truth] the war would be stopped tomorrow. But of course they don't know and can't know.

You get to know more of the character of a man in a round of golf than in six months of political experience.

Death is the most convenient time to tax rich people.

What do you want to be a sailor for? There are greater storms in politics than you will ever find at sea. Piracy, broadsides, blood on the decks. You will find them all in politics.