Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.

If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.

For every obstacle there is a solution. Persistence is the key. The greatest mistake is giving up!

The middle of the road is all of the usable surface. The extremes, right and left, are in the gutters.

Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.

The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.

If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom.

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.

Always try to associate yourself with and learn as much as you can from those who know more than you do, who do better than you, who see more clearly than you.

To be true to one's own freedom is, in essence, to honor and respect the freedom of all others.

Putting yourself first means you will never be last!

I think there's this idea that lipstick is something quite old or something you'd only wear at night.

And now comes Pete Martell in Twin Peaks and he's just a nice guy.

There is so much work left to be done in the world and for me, I am hoping to make the change I can and do the work I need to do through this gift I've been given.

Let's say that you commit a crime, you get caught, you might get sent to prison. It's going to be bad. But if you get caught spying, you're literally hanged the next morning.

Towns change; they grow or diminish, but hometowns remain as we left them.

It is a world of mischief that may be done by a single example of avarice or luxury. One voluptuous palate makes many more.

People are fundamentally good. But conditions deteriorate them.

If Hell were possible, it would be the shortest cut to the highest heaven. For verily God loveth.

Yet will that beauteous image make The dreary sea less drear And thy remembered smile will wake The hope that tramples fear