Most books are so well written they barely have any effect on the reader’s senses

What's in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.

Death is the road to awe.

When men cease to believe in God, they will believe in anything

There is no fool like a careless gambler who starts taking victory for granted.

Government has really been growing, a lot of largesse, but the people in the real world aren't. And that's what has to change. Government has no conformity at all with the real world.

How many seemingly impossible things have been accomplished by resolute men because they had to do, or die?

Literacy is the tool we use as humans to find one another, so it must belong to everyone.

We should stop arguing about tax cuts in this town.

There has been talk in Europe about American hegemony being somehow based upon the use of the dollar in the world. I just don't see that connection at all.