... every little boy thinks he invented sin.

The misery stayed, not thought about but aching away, and sometimes I would have to ask myself, Why do I ache? Men can get used to anything, but it takes time.

It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.

I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride in my profession.

When a man says he does not want to speak of something he usually means he can think of nothing else.

Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.

Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.