When I was fourteen years old, I was amazed at how unintelligent my father was. By the time I turned twenty-one, I was astounded how much he had learned in the last seven years.

It is better to support schools than jails.

By "trampling upon the helpless abroad" with unchecked surveillance, Americans have learned, "by a natural process, to endure with apathy the like at home."

Note that venerable proverb: Children and fools always speak the truth. The deduction is plain: adults and wise persons never speak it.

Patriot: the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about.

Sometimes too much to drink is barely enough.

Travel is fatal to bigotry.