My hand seemed arrested by a silent veto.

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

You may take the most gallant sailor, the most intrepid airman, or the most audacious soldier, put them at a table together- what do you get? The sum of their fears.

Do not trust any statistics you did not fake yourself.

The Russian Bolsheviks have discovered that truth does not matter so long as there is reiteration. They have no difficulty whatever in countering a fact by a lie which, if repeated often enough and loudly enough, becomes accepted by the people.

Golf. Trying to knock a tiny ball into an even smaller hole with implements ill suited to the purpose.

Even the most eminent persons are subject to the laws of gravity.