In the United States we have concentrated tremendous sums of money on the educational plant, seemingly with the idea that the right number of buildings will turn out the right number of graduates. Yet the teachers who actually instruct the future citizens of our country are more often than not miserably paid. If in the future we find ourselves with a lot of fourth-rate citizens, we have only ourselves to blame.

Who mentioned the Church? On the contrary, I have great respect for religion. My objection is to those who are against so many things and for so little.

Strange how it was always the spoiled who weakened and cried first, and it was the injured, the maimed, the blind, and the poor who fought on alone.

The key to understanding any people is in its art: its writing, painting, sculpture.

Adventure is nothing but a romantic name for trouble.

A wise man fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat.

There's no stopping a man who knows he's in the right and keeps a-coming.