In government offices which are sensitive to the vehemence and passion of mass sentiment public men have no sure tenure. They are in effect perpetual office seekers, always on trial for their political lives, always required to court their restless constituents.

In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers justice among men who conduct their own affairs.

Men who are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.

When men can no longer be theists, they must, if they are civilized, become humanists.

When all men think alike, no one thinks very much.

Success makes men rigid and they tend to exalt stability over all the other virtues; tired of the effort of willing they become fanatics about conservatism.

Where all men think alike, no one thinks very much.

The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.

As the war on terror continues, Americans must honor the brave men and women who gave their lives for the protection of this nation and the hope of peace.

Through the centuries, over 1.2 million brave men and women have given their lives for our nation.

Why did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world lay beyond its doors in all its real glory?

I'm very private in person. I'm very sensitive and shy with men individually. But when I'm talking, maybe there's this other channel or this other side and other way of working in my mind, and I convert and become carefree.

A writer who presents men and women as creatures truncated below the waist is exposed as one who goes about without his trousers saying, 'see, I have had my testicles removed.'

There are men - now in power in this country - who do not respect dissent, who cannot cope with turmoil, and who believe that the people of America are ready to support repression as long as it is done with a quiet voice and a business suit.

Let us also reflect on the honorable service of our men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces currently serving our country overseas in Iraq and Afghanistan, and around the world.