Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.

Those who serve supreme causes must not consider what they can get but what they can give.

What does all this stuff about flying saucers amount to? What can it mean? What is the truth?

When I find a ladybug I ask the butler to take it outside instead of killing it.

Apt analogies are among the most formidable weapons of the rhetorician.

We are all worms. However, I like to think I'm a glow worm

To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to them and fitted to their talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds them unprepared or unqualified for that which could have been their finest hour.