If the Almighty were to rebuild the world and asked me for advice, I would have English Channels round every country. And the atmosphere would be such that anything which attempted to fly would be set on fire.

Never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.

Study history, study history. In history lie all the secrets of statecraft.

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

What is adequacy? Adequacy is no standard at all.

Free speech carries with it the evil of all foolish, unpleasant venomous things that are said but, on the whole, we would rather lump them than do away with them.

At one side of the palette there is white, at the other black; and neither is ever used neat.