As a soldier, I survived World War I when most of my comrades did not.

How can there be peace without people understanding each other; and how can this be if they don't know each other?

The best defence of peace is not power, but the removal of the causes of war, and international agreements which will put peace on a stronger foundation, than the terror of destruction.

The only failures are those who fail to try.

We must keep on trying to solve problems, one by one, stage by stage, if not on the basis of confidence and cooperation, at least on that of mutual toleration and self-interest.

Understanding the nature of conflict leads to peace.

The choice, however, is as clear now for nations as it was once for the individual: peace or extinction.

It has too often been too easy for rulers and governments to incite man to war.

We are all descendants of Adam, and we are all products of racial miscegenation.

Today continuing poverty and distress are a deeper and more important cause of international tensions, of the conditions that can produce war, than previously.

Diplomacy is letting someone else have your way.

Let’s return to the main argument. People are hurting as hell. It matters. We should do something to make them happier, if we can.

Even though men and women are different in our thinking, we all share the need and desire for compassion, compliments, and companionship.

When I was born I owed twelve dollars.

I moved through the days like a severed head that finishes a sentence.

One of the worst things you can give to your people is someone you're not.

Ministry need not be an office; it's a lifestyle devoted to attracting the lost to Christ and encouraging other believers in the faith.

Sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O Union, strong and great.

I've always felt that night doesn't fall. Night rises. There are these incidences in flying where you just sit there. It's one of the best seats in the house.

We need to teach how doubt is not to be feared but welcomed. It's OK to say, "I don't know."

That was the shocking part. Here we were in the midst of everything and this potentially giant story was being told and virtually noone was there.