Democracy is a constant tension between truth and half-truth and, in the arsenal of truth, there is no greater weapon than fact.

John ain't been worth a damn since he started wearing $300 suits.

Poverty must not be a bar to learning and learning must offer an escape from poverty.

What convinces is conviction. Believe in the argument you're advancing. If you don't you're as good as dead. The other person will sense that something isn't there, and no chain of reasoning, no matter how logical or elegant or brilliant, will win your case for you.

I pray we are still a young and courageous nation, that we have not grown so old and so fat and so prosperous that all we can think about is to sit back with our arms around our money bags. If we choose to do that I have no doubt that the smoldering fires will burst into flame and consume us - dollars and all.

When things haven't gone well for you, call in a secretary or a staff man and chew him out. You will sleep better and they will appreciate the attention.

The purposeful many need not and will not bow to the willful few.