when I spoke of having a drink, it was a euphemism for having a whole flock of them.

democracy produces both heroes and villains, but it differs from a fascist state in that it does not produce a hero who is a villain.

A society struggles to fulfill its best instincts, even as an individual does, and generally makes just as hard going of it. The fight against prejudice is an inevitable process. Man has been warring against his own lower nature ever since he found out he had one, and the battle against intolerance is part of the same old struggle between good and evil that has preoccupied us ever since we gave up swinging from trees.

Whatever the rest of the world thinks of the English gentleman, the English lady regards him apprehensively as something between God and a goat and equally formidable on both scores.

Some persons talk simply because they think sound is more manageable than silence.

American business, while it does not frown on helping the human race, frowns on people who start right in helping the human race without first proving that they can sell things to it.

the role of the Do-Gooder is not what actors call a fat part.