Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization.
It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.
Working hours are never long enough. Each day is a holiday, and ordinary holidays are grudged as enforced interruptions in an absorbing vocation.
Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.