The President may indeed in one respect resemble the commander of an army in peace, but in another and more essential sense he resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek. He must sooner or later be convinced that a perpetual calm is as little to his purpose as a perpetual hurricane, and that without headway the ship can arrive nowhere.

Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.

Every man should have a fair-sized cemetary in which to bury the faults of his friends.

You can't use tact with a Congressman! A Congressman is a hog! You must take a stick and hit him on the snout!

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

Unity is vision; it must have been part of the process of learning to see.

Silence alone is respectable and respected. I believe God to be silence.