Nothing Can Be So Perfect While We

I Like To Pay Taxes. With Them, I Buy Civilization.

Nothing Can Be So Perfect While We Possess It As It Will Seem When Remembered.

Where We Stand Is Not As Important As The Direction In Which We Are Moving.

There Is Nothing Like The Dead Cold Hand Of The Past To Take Down Our Tumid Egotism And Lead Us Into The Solemn Flow Of The Life Of Our Race.

If I Had A Formula For Bypassing Trouble, I Wouldn't Pass It Around. Wouldn't Be Doing Anybody A Favor. Trouble Creates A Capacity To Handle It. I Don't Say Embrace Trouble. That's As Bad As Treating It As An Enemy. But I Do Say, Meet It As A Friend, For You'll See A Lot Of It And Had Better Be On Speaking Terms With It.