“His speeches left the impression of an army of pompous phrases moving over the landscape in search of an idea.”

        — William McAdoo

“I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year’s fashion.”

        — Lillian Hellman

“To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice.”

        — Confucius

“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”

        — Robert Louis Stevenson

“Books are uniquely portable magic.”

        — Stephen King

“For most men life is a search for the proper manila envelope in which to get themselves filed.”

        — Clifton Fadiman

“At no time is freedom of speech more precious than when a man hits his thumb with a hammer.”

        — Marshall Lumsden