A war is never undertaken by the ideal state, except in defense of its honor or its safety.

Politicians are not born; they are excreted.

Poor is the nation that has no heroes, but poorer still is the nation that having heroes, fails to remember and honor them.

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; read as one goes in; read as one goest out. The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead.

We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

It is not enough to acquire wisdom, it is necessary to employ it.

Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

But before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself.

I am a rock in a sea of despair and yearning. Take hold of me and together we may form an island of hope and plenty.

I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle.

KILT, n. A costume sometimes worn by Scotchmen in America and Americans in Scotland.

I keep a pretty low profile. I live in Culver City with some roommates. I don't do the whole 'Hollywood' thing.

Everyone should learn a manual trade: It's never too late to become an honest person.

My songs were always about the tone of voice rather than the words.

When I first got an agent, they gave me some advice--lose weight.

Private property is a means, and neither its abolition nor its unrestricted right should be an end in itself.