Faced with crisis the man of character falls back on himself.

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.

How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?

Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents

I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.

You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.

He who laughs last didn't get the joke.

Man's real genius and knowledge remains preserved in books

An isolationist America is no bloody use to anyone.

An Irishman's wife gave birth to twins. Her husband wanted to know who the other man was.

NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS If we are to be who we are; if we are to accomplish great things; then we must learn the heart's most essential rule: NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS

Nothing fine and noble will ever perish from the earth as long as there are hearts to remember.

I'm not an anarchist. I believe in government.

Ordinary things have always seemed numinous to me

Hoop Dancer is a rendering of my understanding of the process by which one enters into timelessness -- that place where one is whole.

There are things money can't buy and hard work can't win. One of them is happiness.

No teaching could be more direct than just to sit down.