The great crimes of the twentieth century were committed not by money-grubbing capitalists but by dedicated idealists. Lenin, Stalin, and Hitler were contemptuous of money. The passage from the nineteenth to the twentieth century has been a passage from considerations of money to considerations of power. How naive the cliche that money is the root of evil!
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No amount of study or learning will make a man a leader unless he has the natural qualities of one. - "London Times", February 17, 1941.
Democracy: In which you say what you like and do what you're told.
Democracy: In which you say what you like and do what you're told.
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'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.
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I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. - Last words, October 12, 1915.
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Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think it's important.
Nobody believes a rumor here in Washington until it's officially denied.
Nobody believes a rumor here in Washington until it's officially denied.
You better take advantage of the good cigars. You don't get much else in that job.
You better take advantage of the good cigars. You don't get much else in that job.
