Category: Thought

“That some desperate wretches should be willing to steal and enslave men by violence and murder for gain, is rather lamentable than strange. But that many civilized, nay, Christianized people should approve, and be concerned in the savage practice, is surprising; and still persist, though it has been so often proved contrary to the light of nature, to every principle of Justice and Humanity, and even good policy, by a succession of eminent men, and several late publications.”

“America is a country of inventors, and the greatest of inventors are the newspaper men.”

“The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world.”

“We have the right as individuals to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity; but as members of Congress we have no right to appropriate a dollar of the public money.”

“I would rather be beaten, and be a man, than to be elected and be a little puppy dog.”

“Driven from every other corner of the earth, freedom of thought and the right of private judgment in matters of conscience, direct their course to this happy country as their last asylum.”

“It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.”

“They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one’s country. But in modern war, there is nothing sweet, nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason.”

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who’ll decide where to go.”

“Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.”

“When your outgo exceeds your income, the upshot may be your downfall.”