I abhor averages. I like the individual case. A man may have six meals one day and none the next, making an average of three meals per day, but that is not a good way to live.
Those who won our independence... valued liberty as an end and as a means. They believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.
There are no shortcuts in evolution.
The logic of words should yield to the logic of realities.
The most important political office is that of the private citizen.
Neutrality is at times a graver sin than belligerence.
