I have lived long enough to be battered by the realities of life, and not too long to be downed by them.

Nowhere are prejudices more mistaken for truth, passion for reason and invective for documentation than in politics.

No one is worthy of a good home here or in heaven that is not willing to be in peril for a good cause.

The more I observed Washington, the more frequently I visited it, and the more people I interviewed there, the more I understood how prophetic L'Enfant was when he laid it out as a city that goes around in circles.

She knows what is the best purpose of education: not to be frightened by the best but to treat it as part of daily life.

The critic is a man who prefers the indolence of opinion to the trials of action.

I am ready any time. Do not keep me waiting.