I Always Avoid Prophesying Beforehand, Because It

He [president Franklin D. Roosevelt] Died In Harness, And We May Well Say In Battle Harness, Like His Soldiers, Sailors And Airmen Who Died Side By Side With Ours And Carrying Out Their Tasks To The End All Over The World. What An Enviable Death Was His.

Criticism Is Easy; Achievement Is Difficult.

It Would Be A Great Reform In Politics If Perception Could Be Made To Spread As Easily And As Rapidly As Foolishness.

Politics Is Almost As Exciting As War, And Quite As Dangerous. In War You Can Only Be Killed Once, But In Politics Many Times.

The Arts Are Essen­tial To Any Com­plete National Life. The State Owes It To Itself To Sus­tain And Encour­age Them. [...] Ill Fares The Race Which Fails To Salute The Arts With The Rev­er­ence And Delight Which Are Their Due.