Patriotism is not sentimental nonsense. Nor something dreamed up by demagogues. Patriotism is as necessary a part of man's evolutionary equipment as are his eyes, as useful to the race as eyes are to the individual.

...more than six people cannot agree on anything, three is better and one is perfect for a job that one can do. This is why parliamentary bodies all through history, when they accomplished anything, owed it to a few strong men who dominated the rest.

Democracy is a poor system of government at best; the only thing that can honestly be said in its favor is that it is eight times as good as any other method the human race has ever tried.

When it don’t rain, the roof don’t leak; when it rains, I can’t fix it nohow.

His was not a small mind bothered by logic and consistency.

The more you love, the more you can love - and the more intensely you love.

If you've got the truth you can demonstrate it. Talking doesn't prove it.