The soul and substance of what customarily ranks as patriotism is moral cowardice -- and always has been.
What would men be without women? Scarce, sir...mighty scarce.
It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.
The machine has several virtues... One may lean back in his chair and work it. It piles an awful stack of words on one page. It don't muss things or scatter ink blots around.
Conscience, man's moral medicine chest.
It may have happened, it may not have happened but it could have happened.