Laws are never as effective as habits.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

No gains without pains.

A hungry man is not a free man.

Some people approach every problem with an open mouth.

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.

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.

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

One day I hope you understand when you reached out your hand, I grasped it, I never let it go.

Those who are critical don’t like being criticized, and those who are insensitive have a deficiency in their senses.

When the truth finally catches up to you, don't be a hero and run.

Most anger stems from feelings of weakness, sadness and fear: hard to remember when one is at the receiving end of its defiant roar.

My sweetheart is to me more than a coined hemisphere.

Julian once wrote that coincidences are the scars of fate. There are no coincidences, Daniel. We are puppets of our subconscious desires.

The societies to which I have been exposed seemed to me largely machines for the suppression of women.

I have been Merlin wandering in the woods Of a far country, where the winds waken Unnatural voices , my mind broken By a sudden acquaintance with man's rage.

The poet laureate of England talked about murdering Jews on the West Bank.

Human inertia makes the everyday environment, the furniture, as it were, appear to be a given.