Has joy any survival value in the operations of evolution? I suspect that it does; I suspect that the morose and fearful are doomed to quick extinction. Where there is no joy there can be no courage; and without courage all other virtues are useless.

Democracy -- rule by the people -- sounds like a fine thing; we should try it sometime in America.

There never was a good war or a bad revolution.

If it's knowledge and wisdom you want, then seek out the company of those who do real work for an honest purpose.

Some of my ancestors fought in the American Revolution. A few more wore red coats, a few wore blue coats, and the rest wore no coats at all. We never did figure out who won that war.

There are two kinds of people I cannot abide: bigots and any well-organized ethnic group.

Capitalism: Nothing so mean could be right. Greed is the ugliest of the capital sins.