Quotes from Allen Drury

Be kind, be decent, be generous, be tolerant, compassionate, and understanding. Be fast to praise, slow to judge. Remember, we're all human, and don't cast the first stone.

Be aware that you are always invulnerable to personal attacks inspired by envy and spite.

Son, this is a Washington, D.C. kind of lie. It's when the other person knows you're lying, and also knows you know he knows.

The best thing to do now, is to do the very best you can.

You won't accomplish anything sitting around wishing. You've got to do things.

Democracy "Democracy is the most fragile thing on earth, for what does it rest upon? You and me, and the fact that we agree to maintain it. The moment either of us says we will not, that's the end of it. It doesn't rest on anything but us; it doesn't rest on armed force, the moment it does it isn't democracy. It isn't something to kick around or experiment with." —Allen Drury, Stanford University (age 19)

It's best to keep one's resentment to oneself.

International Law has never stopped men in their pursuit of conquest or revenge.

Whatever is to come has to be faced alone and with as much strength one can muster.

It's starting to snow," Kitty announced excitedly. "Do you suppose we will all be able to get back home all right? Washington gets so confused when it snows.