I do the best with what exists.

The traveler to the United States will do wellto prepare himself for the class-consciousness of the natives. This differs from the already familiar English version in being more extreme and based more firmly on the conviction that the class to which the speaker belongs is inherently superior to all others.

Change comes not from men and women changing their minds, but from the change from one generation to the next.

If there must be madness, something may be said for having it on a heroic scale

A more important antidote to American democracy is American gerontocracy. The positions of eminence and authority in Congress are allotted in accordance with length of service, regardless of quality.

When people are least sure, they are often most dogmatic.

We all agree that pessimism is a mark of superior intellect.