I pride myself on being one of the oldest fans. I can certainly count up about seventy years of devotion.

Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.

Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt.

Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.

It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of free speech. Immediately on attaining power each dictator has suppressed all free speech except his own.

My country owes me nothing. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl, a chance. It gave me schooling, independence of action, opportunity for service and honor.

Peace is not made at the council table or by treaties, but in the hearts of men.

Being a politician is a poor profession. Being a public servant is a noble one.

All men are equal before fish.

To the engineer falls the job of clothing the bare bones of science with life, comfort, and hope.

Absolute freedom of the press to discuss public questions is a foundation stone of American liberty.

The dead never go to their own funeral.

Have the discipline to listen to and to trust your instincts.

If you're Irish, it doesn't matter where you go - you'll find family.

Smack in the centre of contradiction is the place to be.

I'm no day at the beach. And if it is a beach, it's Hampton Beach. Ever been there? It's not nice.

I needed to be accepted, not humored. I intended to act.

The central event of the twentieth century is the overthrow of matter. ...The powers of the mind are everywhere ascendant over the brute force of things.

I am trying to present objects in the simplest way possible, and I don't want to supply too much context.

I don't believe in love at first sight because it means you're falling in love with someone's looks, not personality.

Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes, Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart.