I think there has to be the sense that once you have climbed the ladder of success, that you don't push it away from the building.
It is just as important that business keep out of government as that government keep out of business.
Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body - the producers and consumers themselves.
Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.
The President is not only the leader of a party, he is the President of the whole people. He must interpret the conscience of America. He must guide his conduct by the idealism of our people.
The great liability of the engineer compared to men of other professions is that his works are out in the open where all can see them. His acts, step by step, are in hard substance. He cannot bury his mistakes in the grave like the doctors. He cannot argue them into thin air or blame the judge like the lawyers. He cannot, like the architects, cover his failures with trees and vines. He cannot, like the politicians, screen his shortcomings by blaming his opponents and hope the people will forget. The engineer simply cannot deny he did it. If his works do not work, he is damned.
My country owes me nothing. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl, a chance. It gave me schooling, independence of action, opportunity for service and honor.
Either [Jesus] was what he said he was or he was the world's greatest liar. It is impossible for me to believe a liar or charlatan could have had the effect on mankind that he has had for 2000 years. We could ask, would even the greatest of liars carry his lie through the crucifixion, when a simple confession would have saved him?. . . Did he allow us the choice. . . to believe in his teaching but reject his statements about his own identity?
No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.
I am an ordinary man who worked hard to develop the talent I was given.
I think of writers as explorers, not necessarily as detectives. So there is certainly detecting that is going on - they're explorers.