Whenever the literary German dives into a sentence, that is the last you are going to see of him until he emerges on the other side of his Atlantic with his verb in his mouth.

[The members of the Chamberlain government] are decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, all-powerful for impotency.

Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths good theatre.

Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.

The whole world is a scab. The point is to pick it constructively.

Law enforcement officers should use only the minimum force necessary in dealing with disorders when they arise.

C'est magnifique, mais ce n'est pas la guerre! [It is magnificent, but it is not war]