Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half the time.
Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has a sense of humor.
Liberty is never out of bounds or off limits; it spreads wherever it can capture the imagination of men.
Advice to young writers who want to get ahead without annoying delays: don�t write about Man, write about 'a' man.
I wake each morning torn between the desire to improve the world and the desire to enjoy it. It makes it hard to plan the day.