I have always had a curious nature; I enjoy learning, but I dislike being taught.

Democracy is an awful way to run a country, but it's the best system we have.

And you, madam, are ugly. But I shall be sober in the morning.

Personal initiative, competitive selection, the profit motive, corrected by failure and the infinite process of good housekeeping and the personal ingenuity-here constitute the life of a free society.

If you find something you really love, you will never work again.

I am sure that the mistakes of that time will not be repeated; we should probably make another set of mistakes.

It is easier to give directions than advice, and more agreeable to have the right to act, even in a limited sphere, than the privilege to talk at large.