A man is what he is on his knees before God, and nothing more.

Men must be aggressive for what is right if government is to be saved from men who are aggressive for what is wrong.

Let no man think we can deny civil liberty to others and retain it for ourselves.

The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.

The will of the people shall be the law of the land

The past exists only in our memories, the future only in our plans. The present is our only reality.

The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment.

It must be remembered that the purpose of education is not to fill the minds of students with facts... it is to teach them to think.

When you live in the shadow of insanity, the appearance of another mind that thinks and talks as yours does is something close to a blessed event.

No one has ever died, from an overexposure to education.

There is no greater disability in society, than the inability to see a person as more.

Saw the sun rise. A lovely apricot sky with flames in it and then solemn pink. Heavens, how beautiful...I feel so full of love to-day after having seen the sun rise.

This music is forever for me. It's the stage thing, that rush moment that you live for. It never lasts, but that's what you live for.

Executives of the company must have the necessary qualities to direct the personnel by showing them the way to do things.

I believe that the ideals that America has stood for throughout our history represent the highest ideals of humankind.

Today I know this: when it comes time to take stock, the most painful wound is that of broken friendships; and there is nothing more foolish than to sacrifice a friendship to politics.

The only thing we are sure to fail is that which we do not attempt

Accept yourself as you are. And that is the most difficult thing in the world, because it goes against your training, education, your culture.

We're the most violent nation on earth. There's no getting away from that. But you've got to look at it on a broader level.

But, I've made films in Japan, in Yugoslavia, all over Europe, all over the United States, Mexico, but not Hollywood.

When you build a bridge, you insist that it can carry 30,000 pounds, but you only drive 10,000-pound trucks across it. And that same principle works in investing.