"'A quotation's only a short neat way of sayin' somethin' everybody knows, like "It's crackers to slip a rozzer the dr…"

"What attracted me the most of all to the detective story, was the protective covering offered to the author."

"Telling the truth is the basis of all classic art."

"To be free takes a lot of time and trouble."

"As a nation, we English will fight and die for principles we cannot find time to teach in our free schools."

"We, me and thee and the parson and all the other lads in the village constitute the public, and the politicians are o…"

"Our ideal is the statesman who knows and loves his country and who never makes the mistake of underestimating his emp…"

"The unity of instinct and the universal belief in freedom for the individual which id the backbone of democracy is a …"

"There were times when I wished I had been 'prenticed to a different trade. I was putting in seven hours a day on it. …"

"Few people can see God, and it seems an even bolder mind to see the Devil. Active evil is more incomprehensible than …"