I love learning, but hate being taught.

The main vice of capitalism is the uneven distribution of prosperity. The main vice of socialism is the even distribution of misery.

A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.

The only way a man can remain consistent amid changing circumstances is to change with them while preserving the same dominating purpose.

It may be that ... when the advance of destructive weapons enables everyone to kill everybody else nobody will want to kill anyone at all. [Referring to the hydrogen bomb.]

It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive.

It was the nation and the race dwelling all round the globe that had the lion's heart. I had the luck to be called upon to give the roar.