Great Throughts Treasury

"Force can only overcome other force. When it has done this, it has spent itself and other means of influencing conduct have to be employed."

"Controversial proposals, once accepted, soon become hallowed."

"If we learn the art of yielding what must be yielded to the changing present we can save the best of the past."

"The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time."

"The chief must form time to time familiarize himself with the whole record; he must consider opposing views, put forward as much as possible. He must examine the proponents vigorously and convince them that he knows the record, is intolerant of superficiality or of favor-seeking, and not only welcomes but demands criticism."