Allen Drury

Be aware that you are always invulnerable to personal attacks inspired by envy and spite.

Son, this is a Washington, D.C. kind of lie. It's when the other person knows you're lying, and also knows you know he knows.

The best thing to do now, is to do the very best you can.

International Law has never stopped men in their pursuit of conquest or revenge.

It's best to keep one's resentment to oneself.

Whatever is to come has to be faced alone and with as much strength one can muster.

You won't accomplish anything sitting around wishing. You've got to do things.

It’s starting to snow,” Kitty announced excitedly. “Do you suppose we will all be able to get back home all right? Washington gets so confused when it snows.

Let me see if I can state it for you this way, Senator,” he said slowly. “Under certain circumstances that may have existed in the past, the United States guided her actions by certain standards that had been proved to be valid for their time when those circumstances were found to exist. Now the circumstances may have changed and she may still be adhering to those standards although they no longer can be effectively or justifiably applied to the new circumstances which now confront us in which other standards may prove to be more beneficial than those of the past.