Leadership is for those who love the public good and are endowed and trained to administer it.

There is no need for me to curse you -the murderer survives the victim only to learn that it was himself that he longed to be rid of. Hatred is self-hatred.

I have inherited this burden of superstition and nonsense. I govern innumerable men but must acknowledge that I am governed by birds and thunderclaps

The central movement of the mind is the desire for unrestricted liberty and (...) this movement is invariably accompanied by its opposite, a dread of the consequences of liberty.

It is only dogs that never bite their masters.

The greatest gift you can leave to humanity is the beautiful trace you left behind yourself that invites people to reason, science and peace!

Failure is not our only punishment for laziness there is also the success of others.

The worst thing that can happen to a man who gambles is to win

Fear not little flock; do good; let earth and hell combine against you, for if ye are built upon my rock, they cannot prevail. . .Look unto me in every thought; doubt not, fear not.

We are not the ones driving the boat of our behavior, at least not nearly as much as we believe.

I want to raise a family and have a couple of small Dirks running around. But it will not be easy to win my heart.

I think it doesn't happen overnight, that's for sure. As the first gold medalist since 1984, I think cycling needs to ride that wave right now, because people are excited.

No group of people has been more unjustly maligned in the twentieth century than the Puritans. As a result, we approach the Puritans with an enormous baggage of culturally ingrained prejudice.

Miracles are great, but they're so damn unpredictable.

From a single crime know the nation.