"Our national flower is the concrete cloverleaf."

"Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites."

"If you get a reputation as an early riser, you can sleep till noon."

"All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why."

"Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have."

"Geschichte ist [...] ein Dialog zwischen Gegenwart und Vergangenheit. [re-transl.:] History is [...] a dialogue between the present and the past."

"If being sane is being normal, I'd rather be completely mental."

"Older men declare war, but it is the youth that must fight and die."

"It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself."

"As Americans, we go forward, in the service of our country, by the will of God."