With all the imperfections of our present government, it is without comparison the best existing, or that ever did exist.
There is a kind of courtesy in skepticism. It would be an offense against polite conventions to press our doubts too far.
Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a little longer.
Our dignity is not in what we do, but what we understand.
To be an American is of itself almost a moral condition, an education, and a career.
Our knowledge is a torch of smoky pine That lights the pathway but one step ahead Across a void of mystery and dread.
Contradictory strands create an essay that's richly ambivalent.
Writers sometimes are paid a great deal of money, but much more frequently they're not paid or are paid only a little bit.
When suddenly you find yourself on the wrong highway, perhaps it's time for a new job, or some new friends. It's your life - live it.
God will punish the wicked. And before He does, we will.