Lobbyists are the touts of protected industries.

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

The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

It is hard, if not impossible, to snub a beautiful woman - they remain beautiful and the snub recoils.

Nobody ever launched an attack without having misgivings beforehand, You ought to have misgivings before; but when the moment of action is come, the hour of misgivings is passed. It is often not possible to go backward from a course which has been adopted in war. A man must answer "Aye" or "No" to the great questions which are put, and by that decision he must be bound.

One cannot leap a chasm in two jumps.

Plans are worthless. Planning is priceless.