War may make a fool of man, but it by no means degrades him; on the contrary, it tends to exalt him, and its net effects are much like those of motherhood on women.

Women have a hard enough time in this world: telling them the truth would be too cruel.

The only way that a government can provide for jobs for all citizens is by deciding what every man should do.

At eight or nine, I suppose intelligence is no more than a small spot of light on the floor of a large and murky room.

I believe that any man who takes the liberty of another into his keeping is bound to become a tyrant, and that any man who yields up his liberty, in however slight the measure, is bound to become a slave.

As for Lindbergh, another eminent servant of science, all he proved by his gaudy flight across the Atlantic was that God takes care of those who have been so fortunate as to come into the world foolish. Expressing skepticism that adventure does not necessarily contribute to scientific knowledge.

A tin horn politician with the manner of a rural corn doctor and the mien of a ham actor