Diplomacy is the lowest form of politeness because it misquotes the greatest number of people. A nation, like an individual, if it has anything to say, should simply say it.

I believe... that security declines as security machinery expands.

New York is to the nation what the white church spire is to the village - the visible symbol of aspiration and faith, the white plume saying the way is up!

All poets who, when reading from their own works,m experience a choked feeling, are major. For that matter, all poets who read from their own works are major, whether they choke or not.

When a man hangs from a tree it doesn't spell justice unless he helped write the law that hanged him.

Creation is in part merely the business of forgoing the great and small distractions.

Well,” said Stuart, “a misspelled word is an abomination in the sight of everyone.