In a nation that was proud of hard work, strong families, close knit communities, and our faith in God , too many of us now tend to worship self indulgence and consumption .

The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.

What are the things that you can't see that are important? I would say justice, truth, humility, service, compassion, love...They're the guiding lights of a life.

America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.

We cannot be both the world's leading champion of peace and the world's leading supplier of the weapons of war.

All I want is the same thing you want. To have a nation with a government that is as good and honest and decent and competent and compassionate and as filled with love as are the American people.

We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.

The test of a government is not how popular it is with the powerful and privileged few but how honestly and fairly it deals with the many who must depend on it.

America has no functioning democracy at this moment.

If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.

It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors.

Men with power had the responsibility to know what was best, and they so rarely did.

God only rules in the affairs of men either by the invitation of man or to save man from some self-inflicted dangers.

Nearly every communication method we invent eventually conveys unwanted commercial messages.

When Tarzan killed he more often smiled than scowled, and smiles are the foundation of beauty.

It's amazing what one can accomplish when one doesn't know what one can't do.

To enjoy the world without judgment is what a realized life is like.

I guess it's easier to get things made when you know the story you want to tell, you know the characters you want to play, and you know the filmmakers you want to tell them with.

I have a feeling that books are a lot like people - they change as you age, so that some books that you hated in high school will strike you with the force of a revelation when you're older.

No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds - November!

His element is so fine Being sharpened by his death, To drink from the wine-breath While our gross palates drink from the whole wine.