I was a Navy officer writing about Navy problems and I simply stole this lovely Army nurse and popped her into a Navy uniform, where she has done very well for herself.

For this is the journey that men and women make, to find themselves. If they fail in this, it doesn't matter much else what they find.

Religious hatreds ought not to be propagated at all, but certainly not on a tax-exempt basis.

I kept careful record of the impact of religion on the election in my county. The religious issue permeated every meeting I conducted. It influenced Republicans and Democrats alike. Ministers preached politics publicly and churches distributed the most vicious electioneering materials. Practically no one I met escaped the pressure of this overriding problem and both parties were ultimately forced to make their major calculations with the religious question a foremost consideration.

All I can do is play the game the way the cards fall.

I was a Navy officer writing about Navy problems and I simply stole this lovely Army nurse and popped her into a Navy uniform, where she has done very well for herself.

I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century: that a writer never complains, never explains and never disdains.