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- The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.
- Matthew Arnold (1822 - 1888), 'God and the Bible,' 1875
- A technical objection is the first refuge of a scoundrel.
- Heywood Broun (1888 - 1939), ''Jam-Tomorrow' Progressives,' New Republic, December 15, 1937
- Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945), Pan American Day address, April 15, 1939
- When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945), quoted Kansas City Star, June 5, 1977
- 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
- The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945), message for Jefferson Day, April 13, 1945
- 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
- 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
- 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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