Here is a law which is above the King and which even he must not break. This reaffirmation of a supreme law and its expression in a general charter is the great work of Magna Carta; and this alone justifies the respect in which men have held it

I wonder whether any other generation has seen such astounding revolutions of data and values as those through which we have lived. Scarcely anything material or established which I was brought up to believe was permanent and vital, has lasted. Everything I was sure or taught to be sure was impossible, has happened.

[My ideal of a good dinner] is to discuss good food, and, after this good food has been discussed, to discuss a good topic - with myself the chief conversationalist.

There are few virtues that the Poles do not possess and there are few errors they have ever avoided.

If you want to discover new oceans, you must first have the courage to leave shore.

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

The United States is like a gigantic boiler. Once the fire is lit under it, there's no limit to the power it can generate.