Self-determination is not a mere phrase. It is an imperative principle of action, which statesmen will henceforth ignore at their peril.

Bagehot did what so many thousand of young graduates before him had done,--he studied for the bar; and then, having prepared himself to practise law, followed another large body of young men in deciding to abandon it.

...I do not want a government that will take care of me, I want a government that will make other men take their hands off me so I can take care of myself.

Death comes along like a gas bill one can't payand that's all one can sayabout it.

Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise.

The method of political science is the interpretation of life; its instrument is insight, a nice understanding of subtle, unformulated conditions.

It is imperative that we should not only master them, but also act upon them, and act very definitely.