People on the whole are very simple-minded, in whatever country one finds them. They are so simple as to take literally, more often than no, the things their leaders tell them.

All in all, Vermont is a jewel state, small but precious.

Life is the wonder with which we are all infused.

It is not healthy when a nation lives within a nation, as colored Americans are living inside America. A nation cannot live confident of its tomorrow if its refugees are among its own citizens.

In this unbelievable universe in which we live, there are no absolutes. Even parallel lines, reaching into infinity, meet somewhere yonder.

The best government in the world, the best religion, the best traditions of any people, depend upon the good or evil of the men and women who administer them.

Every event has had its cause, and nothing, not the least wind that blows, is accident or causeless.