Never let a good crisis go to waste

The test of real character is what a man does when he is tired.

You can always rely on America to do the right thing -- once it has exhausted the alternatives.

I do not agree that the dog in a manger has the final right to the manger even though he may have lain there for a very long time. I do not admit that right. I do not admit for instance, that a great wrong has been done to the Red Indians of America or the black people of Australia. I do not admit that a wrong has been done to these people by the fact that a stronger race, a higher-grade race, a more worldly wise race to put it that way, has come in and taken their place.

No compromise with the main purpose; no peace till victory; no pact with unrepentant wrong.

English literature is a glorious inheritance which is open to all - there are no barriers, no coupons, and no restrictions. In the English language and in its great writers there are great riches and treasures, of which, of course, the Bible and Shakespeare stand along on the highest platform.

Rules were made for fools to follow and wise men to be guided by.