The chief business of the American people is business. Calvin Coolidge, Speech in Washington, Jan. 17, 1925 30th president of US (1872 - 1933) There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time. Calvin Coolidge, in a telegram, 1919 30th president of US (1872 - 1933) Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be read once. Cyril Connolly, Enemies of Promise (1938) (1903 - 1974) The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood. Jean Cocteau French dramatist, director, & poet (1889 - 1963) Whose life is it anyway? Brian Clark, Play title (1932 - ) Do definite good; first of all to yourself, then to definite persons. John Lancaster Spalding The empires of the future are the empires of the mind. Sir Winston Churchill, Speech at Harvard University, September 6, 1943 British politician (1874 - 1965) I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma: but perhaps there is a key. That key is Russian national interest. Sir Winston Churchill, Radio speech, 1939 British politician (1874 - 1965) Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time. Sir Winston Churchill, Hansard, November 11, 1947 British politician (1874 - 1965) The British nation is unique in this respect. They are the only people who like to be told how bad things are, who like to be told the worst. Sir Winston Churchill, Hansard, June 10, 1941 British politician (1874 - 1965) |