If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us. The free mind is no barking dog to be tethered on a ten-foot chain.

Eggheads, unite! You have nothing to lose but your yolks.

Your public servants serve you right; indeed often they serve you better than your apathy and indifference deserve.

Some of us worship in churches, some in synagogues, some on golf courses...

A wise man who stands firm is a statesman, a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.

Self-Criticism is the secret weapon of democracy, and candor and confession are good for the political soul.

Man is a strange animal, he doesn't like to read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it.

Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.

A lie is an abomination unto the Lord, and a very present help in trouble.

Why is it that when political ammunition runs low, inevitably the rusty artillery of abuse is always wheeled into action?

Carelessness about our security is dangerous, carelessness about our freedom is also dangerous.

All the world is queer save thee and me, and even thou art a little queer.

God will make a way for you out of all difficulties in order to preserve you

Yes, he said, taking her hand. And now I think I finally understand that old expression - a sight for sore eyes.

Workaholics are energized rather than enervated by their work - their energy paradoxically expands as it is expended.

My children and grandchildren loved the secret servicemen and women that served us. I was honoured that they thought I was important enough to protect.

Every age has its own kind of war, its own limiting conditions and its own peculiar preconceptions.

I'm cutting taxes. We're going to grow the economy. It's going to grow at a record rate of growth.

My mom took me to see Carnal Knowledge and The Wild Bunch and all these kind of movies when I was a kid.

My kids inspire me to be the person I am today - without them I wouldn't be who I am today.

I rejoice when I hear of young men of virtue and talents, worthy to receive and likely to preserve the splendid inheritance of self- government, which we have acquired and shaped for them.