American politics is a struggle, not of men but of forces. The men become every year more and more creatures of force, massed about central power houses.

Nothing is more tiresome than a superannuated pedagogue.

Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of war, to strike terror into (the hearts of) the enemies, of Allah and your enemies, and others besides, whom ye may not know, but whom Allah doth know

If our minds could get hold of one abstract truth, they would be immortal so far as that truth is concerned. My trouble is to find out how we can get hold of the truth at all.

Good men do the most harm.

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

One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible.