It's the good loser who finally loses out.
We cannot absolutely prove that those are in error who tell us that society has reached a turning point, that we have seen our best days. But so said all before us, and with just as much apparent reason.
The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.
People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws.
I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.
A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot.
People who take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendants.
Democracy is not what we have. It is what we do.
You poor, deluded woman. . . do you believe there is any such thing as love?. . . You're living an illusion. Do you believe the words of love they whisper in the ears of penniless women like us?
But to the fighting soldier that phase of the war is behind. It was left behind after his first battle. His blood is up. He is fighting for his life, and killing now for him is as much a profession as writing is for me.
For some of us it seems like yesterday when Ike was in the White House, the U. S. Senate censured Joe McCarthy, and the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that racial segregation in public school was unconstitutional.