I don't know why it is we are in such a hurry to get up when we fall down. You might think we would lie there and rest for a while.

Patriotism is one of the unalterable facts of man's nature. It is a virtue if you like it, and a vice if you don't like it.

People who demand neutrality in any situation are usually not neutral but in favor of the status quo.

The real guarantee of freedom is an equilibrium of social forces in conflict, not the triumph of any one force.

Laughter is, after speech, the chief thing that holds society together.

If one were loyal to one's nation only because it was good and true ... one would not be loyal to any nation but to truth and goodness. The idea of patriotism would have no place either in our dictionaries or our lives.

Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully.