A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
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.
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.