No influence so quickly converts a radical into a reactionary as does his election to power.
Popular magazines multiply while the library shelves remain undisturbed.
Years in themselves mean nothing. How we live them means everything.
No wars are more bitter than those undertaken in the name of religion.
It is high time that the American people should remember a few home truths, and that we should refuse to become partners with a militarism which is still stalking unchecked under the pretense of national needs and of international justice.
Throughout my life, I have always found that events which seemed at the time disastrous ultimately developed into positive blessings.