Frederick Lewis Allen

“The first thing we do, let's kill all the clichés.”

“Prosperity is more than an economic condition; it is a state of mind.”

“The institution of the family is decisive in determining not only conduct but character.”

“Everything is phenomenal until you know how it works.”

“It is difficult to make a reputation, but it is even more difficult to keep it.”

“One of the oddly persistent facts of American life is that a man of any party, speaking on almost any subject, can get a round of applause by saying that we need more faith.”

“There is one thing that is harder to kill than political fiction, and that is financial fiction.”