History is made by masses of people. One man, or ten men, don't start the earthquakes and don't stop them either. Only hero worshipers and ignorant historians think they do.

It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it.

Things start out as hopes and end up as habits.

There are people who eat the earth and eat all the people on it like in the Bible with the locusts. And other people who stand around and watch them eat.

Since when do you have to agree with people to defend them from injustice?

People change and forget to tell each other.

It's a sad day when you find out that it's not accident or time or fortune, but just yourself that kept things from you.

Nobody knows what you want except you, and no one will be as sorry as you if you don't get it.

I like people who refuse to speak until they are ready to speak.

I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions.

For every man who lives without freedom, the rest of us must face the guilt.

When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.

Writers leave a trail of magic everywhere they go.

Your talent and giftedness as a leader have the potential to take you farther than your character can sustain you. That ought to scare you.

In criticism, I will be bold, and as sternly, absolutely just with friend and foe. From this purpose nothing shall turn me.

I like to think that I've got determination, and I'm fiercely protective of the people I love.

China has other problems, but the devaluation has allowed them to make it impossible for us to compete.

No one can be a good Christian who does not with holy zeal set out to know, delight in, and live by the Word of God!

Whatever shall we do in that remote spot? Well, we will write our memoirs. Work is the scythe of time.

I waited. Because with Eli, he was never trying to get you to finish for him. He always knew where he was going, even if it took a little while to get there.

Every special interest is entitled to justice - full, fair, and complete... but not one is entitled to a vote in Congress, to a voice on the bench, or to representation in any public office.