Anyone who wants to be a leader must be the servant, not the boss, of those he wants to serve.

The road to freedom is full of thorns and fire, yet happy is he who follows it!

The system doesn't have to be pure, but it does have to work.

He who allows himself to be arrested for a crime he did not commit will be expelled from the party, but if he resists and comes to us on a stretcher, he is a hero.

I am more interested in the purpose of government than its mechanics-though the means should at least be good enough to lead to the ends desired.

One must scratch that part of the body or mind that itches.

A bowl rotates faster at the top than at the bottom.

One can't realize difficulty arriving at a momentous decision until one comes to do so.

I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!

Convincing a leader of the value of front-line ideas alone is rarely enough for that person to overcome years of entrenched bad habits and to change his management style.

I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and famous.

Suppose, my dear Chadd, suppose it is we who are the idiots because we are not afraid of devils in the dark?

Christendom has often achieved apparent success by ignoring the precepts of its founder.

Then again, Solomon was human. And that meant he was flawed (Go on, take a look at yourself in the mirror. A good long look, if you can bear it. See? Flawed's putting it mildly, isn't it?)

My children are my whole life.

Sunset is so marvellous that even the sun itself watches it every day in the reflections of the infinite oceans!

I had met American artists and just couldn't believe their energy. London was always such a struggle to get anything going.

We gotta be free - The eagle and me. see Amelia Jenks Bloomer, Emancipation of Women