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

Modern men are afraid of the past. It is a record of human achievement, but its other face is human defeat.

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

Culture is the name for what people are interested in, their thoughts, their models, the books they read and the speeches they hear, their table-talk, gossip, controversies, historical sense and scientific training, the values they appreciate, the quality of life they admire. All communities have a culture. It is the climate of their civilization.

Almost always tradition is nothing but a record and a machine-made imitation of the habits that our ancestors created.

True opinions can prevail only if the facts to which they refer are known; if they are not known, false ideas are just as effective as true ones, if not a little more effective.

It is perfectly true that that government is best which governs least. It is equally true that that government is best which provides most.