If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.

In every country where man is free to think and to speak, difference of opinion will arise from difference of perception, and the imperfection of reason; but these differences, when permitted, as in this happy country, to purify themselves by free discussion, are but as passing clouds overspreading our land transiently, and leaving our horizon

Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education.

Our priceless heritage is the American way of life, and nothing is more typical of the average American than his constant search for something better. The everlasting demand for better homes, better automobiles, better schools… better everything… has gone hand in hand with our devotion to freedom.

In America we have an upper crust and a lower crust, but it’s what’s between – the middle class – that gives the real flavor.

The extremes of opulence and of want are more remarkable, and more constantly obvious, in Great Britain than in any other place that I ever saw.

I think the British have the distinction above all other nations of being able to put new wine into old bottles without bursting them.

The English may not like music, but they absolutely love the noise it makes.

It is a curious fact about British Islanders, who hate drill and have not been invaded for nearly a thousand years, that as danger comes nearer and grows they become progressively less nervous; when it is imminent they are fierce, when it is mortal they are fearless.

The lowest and vilest alleys of London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside.