I think a curse should rest on me - because I love this war. I know it's smashing and shattering the lives of thousands every moment - and yet - I can't help it - I enjoy every second of it.

Hasty work and premature decisions may lead to penalties out of all proportion to the issues immediately involved.

Manifest destiny was on the march, and it was unfortunate that Mexico stood in the path.

Democracy is a very bad form of government ... but all the others are so much worse.

There is no finer investment for any community than putting milk into babies.

One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!

Is it possible to get another key? I think I've left mine in the room.