Stick me in a confessional and ask the question: Sir, if you had the authority, would you forbid smoking in America? You'd get a solemn and contrite, Yes.

The duel between Christianity and atheism is the most important in the world, and the struggle between individualism and collectivism is the same struggle reproduced on another level.

The more complicated and powerful the job, the more rudimentary the preparation for it.

...following Mrs. Roosevelt in search of irrationality was like following a burning fuse in search of an explosive.

Did you know that forty percent of the words used by Shakespeare were used by him only once?

I would sooner live in a society governed by the first two thousand names in the Boston telephone directory than in a society governed by the two thousand faculty members of Harvard University.

Mr. Rockefeller is due to entertain munificently at breakfast, and make his pitch. My advice to one invited guest was: Order caviar, and then say No.