If you wish to be loved, be modest; if you wish to be admired, be proud; if you wish both, combine external modesty with internal pride.

History is always repeating itself, but each time the price goes up.

Nothing is often a good thing to do and always a good thing to say.

Fundamentalism is the triumph of Paul over Christ.

The future never just happened. It was created.

If a man is fortunate he will, before he dies, gather up as much as he can of his civilized heritage and transmit it to his children.

Every state begins in compulsion; but the habits of obedience become the content of conscience, and soon every citizen thrills with loyalty to the flag. The citizen is right; for however the state begins, it soon becomes an indispensable prop to order.