What we call a democratic society might be defined for certain purposes as one in which the majority is always prepared to put down a revolutionary minority.

The self-evident truth which makes men invincible is that inalienably they are inviolable persons.

Men have been barbarians much longer than they have been civilized. They are only precariously civilized, and within us there is the propensity, persistent as the force of gravity, to revert under stress and strain, under neglect or temptation, to our first natures.

Football strategy does not originate in a scrimmage: it is useless to expect solutions in a political campaign.

Love endures when the lovers love many things together And not merely each other.

He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.

A man cannot be a good doctor and keep telephoning his broker between patients nor a good lawyer with his eye on the ticker.