The new political gospel: public office is private graft.

God, so atrocious in the Old Testament, so attractive in the New--the Jekyl and Hyde of sacred romance.

When I am king they shall not have bread and shelter only, but also teachings out of books, for a full belly is little worth where the mind is starved.

It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. Overnight success is a fallacy. It is preceded by a great deal of preparation. Ask any successful person how they came to this point in their lives, and they will have a story to tell.

To one in sympathy with nature, each season, in its turn, seems the loveliest.

I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they have not said enough.

So I became a newspaperman. I hated to do it but I couldnt find honest employment.