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America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing cannot be denied: America is always on the move. read more
America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing cannot be denied: America is always on the move. She may be going to Hell, of course, but at least she isn't standing still.
There is something even more valuable to civilization than wisdom, and that is character
There is something even more valuable to civilization than wisdom, and that is character
The three great elements of modern civilization, Gunpowder, Printing, and the Protestant Religion.
The three great elements of modern civilization, Gunpowder, Printing, and the Protestant Religion.
Civilization had too many rules for me, so I did my best to rewrite them.
Civilization had too many rules for me, so I did my best to rewrite them.
My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do read more
My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man
Anyone can be a barbarian; it requires a terrible effort to remain a civilized man.
Anyone can be a barbarian; it requires a terrible effort to remain a civilized man.
America's abundance was not created by public sacrifices to "the common good", but by the productive genius of free men read more
America's abundance was not created by public sacrifices to "the common good", but by the productive genius of free men who pursued their own personal interests and the making of their own private fortunes
America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid, it is not going to be read more
America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid, it is not going to be a success.
About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with read more
About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation.