William E. Vaughan

Every man seeks the truth, but God only knows who has found it.

William E. Vaughan

Every woman is infallibly to be gained by every sort of flattery, and every man by one sort or other.

William E. Vaughan

Flattery, if judiciously administered, is always acceptable, however much we may despise the flatterer.

William E. Vaughan

Great power constitutes its own argument, and it never has much trouble drumming up friends, applause, sympathetic exegesis, and a band.

William E. Vaughan

Have love for your friend up to a limit for it is possible he may turn into your enemy some day; and hate your enemy up to a limit for it is possible he may turn into your friend some day.

William E. Vaughan

I believe the world is increasingly in danger of becoming split into groups which cannot communicate with each other, which no longer think of each other as members of the same species.

William E. Vaughan

I certainly hope the strengths and values of this country hold up to comparison to other cultures.

William E. Vaughan

I do not believe in a religion that cannot wipe out the widow’s tears or bring a piece of bread to the orphan’s mouth.

William E. Vaughan

I don’t care a damn for your loyal service when you think I am right; when I really want it most is when you think I am wrong.

William E. Vaughan

I love science. I hate supposition, superstition, exaggeration and falsified data. Show me the research, show me the results, show me the conclusions – and then show me some qualified peer reviews of all that.

William E. Vaughan