In order to be a leader a man must have followers. And to have followers, a man must have their confidence.

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.

So it's off with the shellsuit and on with the Armanis, Bring out the champagne and the caviar sarnies

I'm afraid we were so eager to avoid war, we've made it all but certain.

I had a dream that I didn’t care anymore…when I woke up I realized that I was stuck with a big heart.

There are various eyes. Even the Sphinx has eyes: and as a result there are various truths, and as a result there is no truth.

Remember to keep yourself alive, there is nothing more important than that.

NASA needs to focus on the things that are really important and that we do not know how to do. The agency is a pioneering force, and that is where its competitive advantage lies.

The worst of law is, that one suit breedes twenty. [The worst of law is that one suit breeds twenty.]

Analytical geometry has never existed. There are only people who do linear geometry badly, by taking coordinates, and they call this analytical geometry. Out with them!

It takes less than a decade for today's luxury to become a universal necessity.

What I really want is a commercial hit. If youre in a hit, youre suddenly a star, whether you acted well or not.