The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth.

When fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression.

Clergyman: A ticket speculator outside the gates of Heaven.

Morality is doing what is right, no matter what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, no matter what is right.

The Gettysburg Adress has been included, of late, in several anthologies of poetry. It actually meets the major requirement of all poetry: It is a mellifluous and emotional statement of the obviously not true. The men who fought for self-determination at Gettysburg were not the Federals but the Confederates.

Experience is a poor guide to man, and is seldom followed. What really teaches a man is not experience, but observation.

The Public ... demands certainties ... But there are not certainties