It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations.

We must never assume that which is incapable of proof.

That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit.

When a thing has been said, and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.

It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence -- and then success is sure.

We believe that an informed citizenry will act for life and not for death.

If we fight a war and win it with H-bombs, what history will remember is not the ideals we were fighting for but the methods we used to accomplish them. These methods will be compared to the warfare of Genghis Khan who ruthlessly killed every last inhabitant of Persia.

Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.

A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.