William E. Vaughan

A nation has character only when it is free.

William E. Vaughan

A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works.

William E. Vaughan

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.

William E. Vaughan

By the time you’re eighty years old you’ve learned everything. You only have to remember it.

William E. Vaughan

Do not believe a thing because you read it in a book! Do not believe a thing because another has said it so! Find out the truth for yourself.

William E. Vaughan

Experience is something I always think I have until I get more of it.

William E. Vaughan

Familiarity is the most destructive of all iconoclasts.

William E. Vaughan

How men hate waiting while their wives shop for clothes and trinkets; how women hate waiting, often for much of their lives, while their husbands shop for fame and glory.

William E. Vaughan

I could live a week on one good compliment.

William E. Vaughan

If we have confidence in our own beliefs, we should not fear freedom of thought.

William E. Vaughan