I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.

Better pointed bullets than pointed words.

The government should cultivate the view also among the propertyless classes of the population, those who are the most numerous and the least educated, that the state is not only an institution of necessity but also of welfare. By recognizable and direct advantages they must be led to look upon the state not as an agency devised solely for the protection of the better-situated classes of society but also as one serving their needs and interests.

A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.

Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others.

Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.

God has a special providence for fools, drunks, and the United States of America.