I carried it (a revolver) religiously and during the summer I asked a friend, a man who had been one of Franklin's bodyguards in New York State, to give me some practice in target shooting so that if the need arose I would know how to use the gun.

It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.

When you adopt the standards and the values of someone else … you surrender your own integrity. You become, to the extent of your surrender, less of a human being.

Philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes.

One has to live in Washington to know what a city of rumors it is.

Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.

Nothing alive can stand still, it goes forward or back. Life is interesting only as long as it is a process of growth; or, to put it another way, we can only grow as long as we are interested.