Almost everything about a human creature is ridiculous, except its ability to suffer bravely and die gallantly for whatever it loves and believes in. The validity of that belief, the appropriateness of that love, is irrelevant; it is the bravery and the gallantry that count.

Under our system every voter and officeholder is a man who has demonstrated through voluntary and difficult service that he places the welfare of the group ahead of personal advantage.

Responsibility cannot be shared.

I do know that the slickest way to lie is to tell the right amount of truth--then shut up.

By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate those that belong to humanity.

Nothing of value is free. Even the breath of life is purchased at birth only through gasping effort and pain.

In past history popularly elected governments have been no better and sometimes far worse than overt tyrannies.