The worst president is closer by nature to the best then either is to anyone who has not gone through what it requires to become president.

A century is about events. A decade is about people.

Building a naval power takes generations, not so much to develop the necessary technology as to pass along the accumulated experience that creates good admirals.

Wars are times of intense technological transformation, because societies invest – sometimes with extensive borrowing – when and where matters of life and death are at stake.

Long-term solutions are more attractive and cause much less controversy than short-term solutions, which will affect people who are still alive and voting.

Presidents and other politicians manage the appearance of things, largely by manipulating the air and hope.

Masters are not created by anyone, They are just GOD gifted to change the WORLD.

It’s a lot harder to pull your head up and ask why.

Our reliance is in the love of liberty which God has planted in our bosoms.

Luxury, that alluring pest with fair forehead, which, yielding always to the will of the body, throws a deadening influence over the senses, and weakens the limbs more than the drugs of Circe's cup.

I have no idea how people function without near-constant internal chaos. I'd lose my mind.

One doesn't read poetry while thinking of other things.

Health ... is the first and greatest of all blessings.

You don't need another person, place or thing to make you whole. God already did that. Your job is to know it.

I have my own personal opinions, but they're just that.

A well-trained, sensible doctor is one of the most valuable assets of a community.