"There are no extraordinary men... just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with."

"Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty."

"Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it."

"If I had learned to type, I never would have made brigadier general."

"I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him."

"Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party."

"No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him."

"What this country needs is a great poem. John Brown's Body was a step in the right direction. I've read it once, and I'm reading it again. But it's too long to do what I mean. You can't thrill people in 300 pages."

"The limit is about 300 words. Kipling's "Recessional" really did something to England when it was published. It helped them through a bad time. Let me know if you find any great poems lying around."

"I outlived the bastards."