“When an American says that he loves his country, he means not only that he loves the New England hills, the prairies glistening in the sun, the wide and rising plains”

There is no evil in the atom; only in men’s souls.

Some people approach every problem with an open mouth.

There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody.

Is, I think, the ultimate indignity to the democratic process.

Communism is the death of the soul. It is the organization of total conformity

There is a New America every morning when we wake up.

The ketchup bottle on the kitchen table.

You will find that the truth is often unpopular and the contest between agreeable fancy and disagreeable fact is unequal.

I think that one of the most fundamental responsibilities is to give testimony in a court of law, to give it honestly and willingly.

To act coolly, intelligently, and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man – and also a nation.

Your days are short here; this is the last of your springs.

In short, of tyranny – and it is committed to making tyranny universal.

That you can gather votes like box tops

A beauty is a woman you notice; a charmer is one who notices you.

Accuracy to a newspaper is what virtue is to a lady

Law is not a profession at all, but rather a business service station and repair shop.

A key glistening in the ignition. I imagine the top speed for that old mower was five miles per hour.