» At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the world. When he is seventy he still wants to reform the world, but he know he can't.
» I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.
» I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure -- that is all that agnosticism means.
» I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure.
» Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
» You can only be free if I am free.
» You can protect your liberties in this world only by protecting the other man's freedom. You can be free only if I am free.
» He's the greatest man who ever came out of Plymouth, Vermont. [On Calvin Coolidge]
» History repeats itself. That's one of the things wrong with history.
» Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?