Can those entrusted with the gravest authority set any example save that of the sternest obedience to the law?

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.

Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.

Nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.

You can't increase prosperity by taxing success.

He's the anchor to my boat and I worry that I will float out to sea, directionless, without him.

Life's pretty good, and why wouldn't it be? I'm a pirate, after all

There is no greater name for a leader than mother or father. There is no leadership more important than parenthood.

I smile so much at the theater my face hurts when I leave.

Liberals in blue states working in blue enclaves within blue cities that are producing the media, don't even see that their positions fit on the spectrum as left of center.

I want to be anonymous . . . my ambition is to be completely forgotten.

The more developed a nation is, the more complete is the independence of the individual, and the safer the individual from encroachments by another.

I would say I live half in New York and half in Claridge's. How decadent! How hysterical!

During my boxing career, you did not see the real Muhammad Ali. You just saw a little boxing and a little showmanship. It was after I retired from boxing that my true work began.

I've never been in the music industry, only acting.