Brotherhood is not so wild a dream as those, who profit by postponing it, pretend.

Most problems are caused by solutions.

I'm sort of a pessimist about tomorrow and an optimist about the day after tomorrow.

You can't know who you are, as a nation or a people, unless you know where you've been.

I have never quite grasped the worry about the power of the press. After all, it speaks with a thousand voices, in constant dissonance.

Next to power without honor, the most dangerous thing in the world is power without humor.

Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we're here for something else besides ourselves.