Some civil servants are neither servants nor civil.

The man who stands firm in order to protect a sand-castle can never be relied upon; for he has given away his common sense.

Safety and certainty in oil lie in variety, and variety alone.

Americans are a wonderful people: They will always do the right thing--after exhausting every other possible alternative.

If you simply take up the attitude of defending a mistake, there will no hope of improvement.

Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you can move their tears, your own must flow. To convince them, you must yourself, believe.

Politics is like waking up in the morning. You never know whose head you'll find on the pillow.