A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

In a museum in Havana, there are two skulls of Christopher Columbus, one when he was a boy and one when he was a man

A man's first duty is to his own conscience and honor; the party and country come second to that, and never first.

The world doesn't owe you anything. It was here first.

Peace by persuasion has a pleasant sound, but I think we should not be able to work it. We should have to tame the human race first, and history seems to show that that cannot be done.

If horses knew their strength we should not ride anymore.

I was warned to stop smoking, which I did, for two or three days, but it was too lonesome, and I have resumed - in a modified way - 4 smokes a day instead of 40. This will have a good effect. On the bank balance.