I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.

Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.

The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict.

All great change in America begins at the dinner table.

Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.