The fates have a way of demanding of a man that he suffer his greatest moments all by himself; being lone seems as often attendant upon reality as being in company is attendant upon the flight from reality.

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

Any experience deeply felt makes some men better and some men worse. When it has ended, they share nothing but the recollection of a commitment in which each was tested and to some degree found wanting. [...] The consequences of the journey change the voyager so much more than the embarking or the arrival.

To say that an idea is fashionable is to say, I think, that is has been adulterated to a point where it is hardly an idea at all.

America... an economic system prouder of the distribution of its products than of the products themselves.

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

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.