All this contains much that is obviously true, and much that is relevant; unfortunately, what is obviously true is not relevant, and what is relevant is not obviously true.

Americans are a wonderful people: They will always do the right thing--after exhausting every other possible alternative.

Of all the small nations of this earth, perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind.

I cannot but think we have much to be thankful for, and more still to hope for in the future.

If the past sits in judgment on the present, the future will be lost.

England has been offered a choice between war and shame. She has chosen shame and will get war.

A baboon in a forest is a matter of legitimate speculation; a baboon in a zoo is an object of public curiosity; but a baboon in your wife’s bed is a cause of the gravest concern.