We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.

What does all this stuff about flying saucers amount to? What can it mean? What is the truth?

It would be a great reform in politics if perception could be made to spread as easily and as rapidly as foolishness.

The main vice of capitalism is the uneven distribution of prosperity. The main vice of socialism is the even distribution of misery.

Criticism is easy; achievement is difficult.

A gentleman is a man who is only rude when he intends to be.

No more let us alter or falter or palter. From Malta to Yalta, and Yalta to Malta.