A thing of orchestrated hell-a terrible symphony of light and flame.

A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.

The speed of communications is wondrous to behold. It is also true that speed can multiply the distribution of information that we know to be untrue.

I simply cannot accept that there are on every story two equal and logical sides to an argument.

No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.

We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it.

To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; credible we must be truthful.

Good night, and good luck.

We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty.

If none of us ever read a book that was "dangerous," had a friend who was "different," or joined an organization that advocated "change," we would all be the kind of people Joe McCarthy wants.

Our major obligation is not to mistake slogans for solutions.

From daybreak to sunset she turned her thoughts, like boulders, over. She set them in long lines. She rearranged their order...

If only I wasn't an atheist, I could get away with anything. You'd just ask for forgiveness and then you'd be forgiven. It sounds much better than having to live with guilt.

When I was a kid and my mom made tomato soup, she would cut buttered toast into squares and float them on top of each bowl.

My aim each day is to adore God more than anything else.

For all its problems, I found South Africa a beautiful country, interesting and inspiring.

I hate to look at the stuff I've written and consider what it means or why I do it.

When the sun shineth, make hay.

Colombia is a different country today. The state is now present in every single corner, the drug lords are in jail or dead. So we have the means to guarantee the security of FARC politicians.

We must not inquire too curiously into the absolute value of literature. Enough that it amuses and exercises us. At least it leaves us where we were. It names things, but does not add things.

Hey, I'm a former union president myself and also an attorney that represented a lot of unions.