It is function of government to invent philosophies to explain the demands of its own convenience.

The Communists offer one precious, fatal boon: they take away the sense of sin.

The world of shabby gentility is like no other; its sacrifices have less logic, its standards are harsher, its relation to reality is dimmer than comfortable property or plain poverty can understand.

As an organized political group, the Communists have done nothing to damage our society a fraction as much as what their enemies have done in the name of defending us against subversion.

It is not the least of a martyr's scourges to be canonized by the persons who burned him.

A political convention is just not a place where you come away with any trace of faith in human nature.

The beauty of a strong, lasting commitment is often best understood by a man incapable of it.