It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

Watching small men at work reconciles to the great.

There are always two forces warring against each other within us.

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

A goodplan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the bestway to get there.

We cannot all be great but we can always attach ourselves to something that is great.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.