The modern patriotism, the true patriotism, the only rational patriotism is loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it.

The altar cloth of one aeon is the doormat of the next.

Imagine, if you will, that I am an idiot. Then, imagine that I am also a Congressman. But, alas, I repeat myself.

Carlyle said 'a lie cannot live.' It shows that he did not know how to tell them.

Let your secret sympathies and your compassion be always with the under dog in the fight -- this is magnanimity; but bet on the other one -- this is business.

Happiness ain't a thing in itself - it's only a contrast with something that ain't pleasant.

There are several kinds of stories, but only one difficult kind-the humorous.