America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization.

A collective tyrant, spread over the length and breadth of the land, is no more acceptable than a single tyrant ensconced on his throne.

I don't know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace is an interlude during war.

When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves he isn't a man of action.

Oh, to be seventy again!

This time it will be a long one.

A man who has to be convinced to act before he acts is not a man of action. You must act as you breathe.