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- A technical objection is the first refuge of a scoundrel.
- Heywood Broun (1888 - 1939), ''Jam-Tomorrow' Progressives,' New Republic, December 15, 1937
- We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965), speech in the House of Commons, July 14, 1940
- We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire...Give us the tools and we will finish the job.
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965), BBC radio broadcast, Feb 9, 1941
- I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it was hell.
- Harry S Truman (1884 - 1972), quoted by Time, June 9, 1975
- Words calculated to catch everyone may catch no one.
- Adlai E. Stevenson Jr. (1900 - 1965), speech to Democratic National Convention, Chicago, Illinois, July 21, 1952
- For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else.
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965), speech at the Lord Mayor's banquet, London, November 9, 1954
- Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them.
- Adlai E. Stevenson Jr. (1900 - 1965), quoted by Human Behavior, May 1978
- Believe in life! Always human beings will live and progress to greater, broader and fuller life.
- W. E. B. Du Bois (1868 - 1963), last message to the world, 1957
- What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 - 1969), speech to the Republican National Committee, January 31, 1958
- Son, always tell the truth. Then you'll never have to remember what you said the last time.
- Sam Rayburn (1882 - 1961), quoted Washingtonian, November 1978
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