Churchill says the Government had to choose between war and shame. They chose shame. They will get war, too.

There is no limit to the ingenuity of man if it is properly and vigorously applied under conditions of peace and justice.

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.

Our free trade plan is quite simple. We say that every [citizen] shall have the right to buy whatever he wants, wherever he wants, at his own good pleasure, without restriction or discouragement from the state.

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. Bartlett's Familiar Quotations is an admirable work, and I studied it intently. The quotations when engraved upon the memory give you good thoughts. They also make you anxious to read the authors and look for more.

I always like to learn, but I don't always like to be taught.

The English know how to make the best of things. Their so-called muddling through is simply skill at dealing with the inevitable.