No one can speak well, unless he thoroughly understands his subject.

Oh, how great is the power of truth! which of its own power can easily defend itself against all the ingenuity and cunning and wisdom of men, and against the treacherous plots of all the world.

How do our philosophers act? Do they not inscribe their signatures to the very essays they write on the propriety of despising glory.

A nation can survive its fools, even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within....for the traitor appears not to be a traitor...he rots the soul of a nation...he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist.

History illumes reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life

It is certain that memory contains not only philosophy, but all the arts and all that appertain to the use of life.

The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend.