I believe we must be strong militarily, but beyond a certain point military strength can become a national weakness.

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.

You are the masterpiece of Love Itself framed within a body. And so you are.

...if that Watergate case ever gets into court, he might get very nervous.

Anger is one letter short of danger.

Whites they pretended to ignore, as they busily lived mirror-image white lives.

If it makes you feel better, you can tell me to screw off if you want to refuse anything, but I hope you won't because I really want to show you how to live." - Andrew Parrish

Very often it's really inconvenient - who you fall in love with. You can't really control it.

These families, you know, are our upper crust, not upper ten thousand.

I don't approve of political jokes; I have seen too many of them get elected.

I would be heavenly if baby you'd just rescue me now

Those who talk too much about race no longer have it in them.