A remark generally hurts in proportion to its truth.
If you want to know how a man stands, go among the people who are in his same business.
All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that's an alibi for my ignorance.
We have killed more people celebrating our independence day than we lost fighting for it.
Nobody wants to be called common people, especially common people.
If you want to know when a war might be coming, you just watch the U.S. and see when it starts cutting down on its defenses. It's the surest barometer in the world.