We are still masters of our fate. We are still captains of our souls.

Don't take 'no' for an answer, never submit to failure. Do not be fobbed off with mere personal success or acceptance. You will make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true, and also fierce, you cannot hurt the world or events.

If you want a good argument against democracy, spend five minutes with a voter.

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

Nowadays we are assailed by a chorus of horrid threats. The Nazi Government exudes through every neutral State inside information of the frightful vengeance they are going to wreak upon us, and they also bawl it around the world by their leather-lunged propaganda machine. If words could kill, we should be dead already.

The only way a man can remain consistent amid changing circumstances is to change with them while preserving the same dominating purpose.

Nancy, if I were your husband I'd drink it.