Creative ideas come to the intuitive person who can face up to the insecurity of looking beyond the obvious.

And the principle which distinguishes democracy from all other forms of government is that in a democracy the opposition not only is tolerated as constitutional but must be maintained because it is in fact indispensable.

Leaders are the custodians of a nation's ideals, of the beliefs it cherishes, of its permanent hopes, of the faith which makes a nation out of a mere aggregation of individuals.

In the blood of the martyrs to intolerance are the seeds of unbelief

Men fall into a routine when they are tired and slack: it has all the appearance of activity with few of its burdens.

The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sensible human being, always learns more from his opposition than from his fervent supporters.

The mass of the reading public is not interested in learning and assimilating the results of accurate investigation.