A war of ideas can no more be won without books than a naval war can be won without ships. Books, like ships, have the toughest armor, the longest cruising range, and mount the most powerful guns.

Do not confuse objectives with methods. When the nation becomes substantially united in favor of planning the broad objectives of civilization, then true leadership must unite thought behind definite methods.

A war of ideas can no more be won without books than a naval war can be won without ships. Books, like ships, have the toughest armor, the longest cruising range, and mount the most powerful guns.

I have a terrific headache.

A radical is a man with both feet firmly planted-in the air.

The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written.

Inequality may linger in the world of material things, but great music, great literature, great art and the wonders of science are, and should be, open to all.