"Before all else, we seek, upon our common labor as a nation, the blessings of Almighty God."

"Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and co-operation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace."

"I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity."

"Don't think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed."

"An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows."

"When you appeal to force, there's one thing you must never do - lose."

"It is most unwise for people in love to marry"

"One act of beneficence, one act of real usefulness, is worth all the abstract sentiment in the world. Sentiment is a disgrace, instead of an ornament, unless it lead us to good actions."

"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice."

"We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization."

"REALISM, n. The art of depicting nature as it is seem by toads. The charm suffusing a landscape painted by a mole, or a story written by a measuring-worm."

"A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talker with a sore throat."