Liberal democracy must finally become the vital element of our society.

Some fatherlands are difficult. Germany is one of them. But it is our fatherland. Here is where we live and work.

Trust cannot be commanded; and yet it is also correct that the only one who earns trust is the one who is prepared to grant trust.

I appeal to the responsibility of the blocs and the major powers, not to seek security in the arms race, but rather in a meeting for joint disarmament and arms limitations.

Insecurity and resignation mingle with the hope for a better order.

Disarmament requires trust.

Everywhere, authority and tradition have to justify themselves in the face of questions.

One of our most noble political tasks is to open up trust.

Not less, but more democracy - that is the demand, that is the great goal that we have to prescribe for ourselves, and especially for our youth.

Beyond peace, there is no longer any existence possible.

The time has come - and must come - for multilateral conversations about a secure peace in all of Europe.

Insanity is starting over a million times, expecting to feel the spark you never did the first time.

One lunatic in Rampton used to have bouts of hysteria. Where he would let out a scream, and run at a wall and dive headfirst…crash! He was given a crash helmet! (Well it is a mad house.)

I'm hopeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington, obviously. But I hope the ambitious realize that they are more likely to succeed with success as opposed to failure.

It's interesting work for me to tell my life, as a possibility for other people to relate it to themselves - not so much to learn about me.

All criticism hurts me. I'm so in the wrong business.

There is no subtler, no surer means of overturning the existing basis of society than to debauch the currency.

I release all control to the Universe. I am at peace with myself and with life.

They were having an argument as old and comfortable as an armchair, the kind of argument that no one ever really wins or loses but which can go on forever, if both parties are willing.

American art, like America, must wait and live a while longer.

I don't hate being an actor. But if there's a choice, I prefer to direct.