February 24, 2025

In framing a government, which is to administered by men, over men, the great difficulty lies in this

[Of two fellow congressmen] They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge.

[On hearing Lady Mountbatten’s anti-monarchical views] How easy it seems for a semi-royal millionnairess, who has exhausted all the pleasures of money and position, to turn almost Communist!