All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions. All change is the result of a change in the contemporary state of mind.

My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.

You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that makes him mad.

Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse.

In America any boy may become President, and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes.

The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never neglect any work of peace within our reach, however small.

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.

As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and the law-abiding, the beginning and the end.

Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice.

He who slings mud generally loses ground.

In order to do good, you may have to engage in evil

Kartik feels like a country I want to travel—vast, dangerous, and unknown.

Truly compassionate action arises spontaneously without thought and is carried out in real action with no anticipation of reward and, indeed, no concept of a doer of that action.

I want people to be blown away when I do what they don't expect.

Three reasons problems are inevitable; first, we live in a world of growing complexity and diversity; second, we interact with people; and third, we cannot control all the situation we face.

The Public - a thing I cannot help looking upon as an enemy, and which I cannot address without feelings of hostility.

The happy think a lifetime short, but to the unhappy one night can be an eternity.

To command, you must first of all speak to the eyes.

The only way to save yourself is to endeavor to save others.

God has chosen us to help one another.