It is easier to exclude harmful passions than to rule them, and to deny them admittance than to control them after they have been admitted.
I'm glad I didn't have to fight in any war. I'm glad I didn't have to pick up a gun. I'm glad I didn't get killed or kill somebody. I hope my kids enjoy the same lack of manhood.
In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.
Keep true to the dreams of thy youth.
The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.
The perfect bureaucrat everywhere is the man who manages to make no decisions and escape all responsibility.
Our patience will achieve more than our force.