The great enemy of the truth is not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest but the myth persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.

We can say with some assurance that, although children may be the victims of fate, they will not be the victims of our neglect.

Richard Cromwell was not fit to wear the mantle of his uncle.

The poet and the politician have this in common: their greatness depends on the courage with which they face the challenges of life.

If at times our actions seem to make life difficult for others, it is only because history has made life difficult for us all.

This knowledge, the knowledge that the physical well-being of the citizen is an important foundation for all of the activities of the nation, is as old as Western civilization itself.

Where else, in a non-totalitarian country, but in the political profession is the individual expected to sacrifice all-including his own career-for the national good?