Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society.

There was never an idea started that woke up men out of their stupid indifference but its originator was spoken of as a crank.

The greatest act of faith is when a man understands he is not God.

Our dead brothers and sisters still live for us and bid us think of life, not death-of life to which in their youth they lent the passion and glory of Spring. As I listen, the great chorus of life and joy begins again, and amid the awful orchestra of seen and unseen powers and destinies of good and evil, our trumpets sound once more a note of daring, hope, and will.

Our morality seems to be only a check on the ultimate domination of force, just as our politeness is a check on the impulse of every pig to put his feet in the trough.

Liberty is often a heavy burden on a man. It involves the necessity for perpetual choice which is the kind of labor men have always dreaded.

A good soldier, like a good horse, cannot be of a bad color.