There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or a fond eye.

I cannot accept your canon that we are to judge Pope and King unlike other men, with a favorable presumption that they do no wrong. If there is any presumption, it is the other way against holders of power...power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

There is no evidence to support the belief that Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev ever questioned Americas power. He questioned only the President's John F. Kennedys readiness to use it. Elie Abel, The Missile Crisis (1966) Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

History, to be above evasion or dispute, must stand on documents, not on opinions.

There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion.

Before men can find peace and harmony within themselves they must first fall in love with their country.

There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it.