"It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it consequently, the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were tied down to any one meaning."

"Sometimes the first duty of intelligent men is the restatement of the obvious."

"No one can look back on his schooldays and say with truth that they were altogether unhappy."

"War is a way of shattering to pieces... materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable and... too intelligent."

"It is a maudlin and indecent verity that comes out through the strength of wine."

"Nowhere has the political power of coal been more obvious than in presidential campaigns."

"Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation."

"True authority is measured not by subjugation, but by the empowerment of others. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon."