There are only two great currents in the history of mankind: the baseness which makes conservatives and the envy which makes revolutionaries.

Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

We measure morality by what happens. Not what is intended.

Yours is not the task of making your way in the world, but the task of remaking the world which you will find before you.

When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to hear and one third thinking about what I want to say.

Political campaigns are designedly made into emotional orgies which endeavor to distract attention from the real issues involved, and they actually paralyze what slight powers of cerebration man can normally muster.