The Country Is Not In Good Condition.

Nothing Is More Common Than Unsuccessful People With Talent.

As I Went About With My Father, When He Collected Taxes, I Knew That When Taxes Were Laid Someone Had To Work Hard To Earn The Money To Pay Them.

[the Political Mind] Is A Strange Mixture Of Vanity And Timidity, Of An Obsequious Attitude At One Time And A Delusion Of Grandeurat Another Time. The Political Mind Is The Product Of Men In Public Life Who Have Been Twice Spoiled. They Have Been Spoiled With Praise And They Have Been Spoiled With Abuse.

To Live Under The American Constitution Is The Greatest Political Privilege That Was Ever Accorded To The Human Race.

I Have Never Been Hurt By What I Have Not Said.