In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these.
Self-government won't work without self-discipline.
We were poor, but we didn't know it. There were no government bureaus in those days presuming to determine where poorness begins and ends, but I don't remember ever being hungry.
Retiring is just practicing up to be dead. That doesn't take any practice.
What is a policeman made of? He, of all men, is once the most needed and the most unwanted. He's a strangely nameless creature who is 'Sir' to his face and 'Fuzz' to his back.
A policeman must know everything - and not tell. He must know where all the sin is and not partake.
