May the light of freedom, coming to all darkened lands, flame brightly - until at last the darkness is no more.

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.

I’d volunteer to go to prison, as long as there are books. Because with books I am free.

The song of the brush.

Falling in love is a crazy thing to do. It's kind of like a form of socially acceptable insanity.

Like the musician, the painter, the poet and the rest, the true lover of flowers is born, not made.

John Facenda could read a laundry list and make it sound like the Constitution of the United States.

I deeply believe in one's own positive will to overcome even the most daunting challenges.

The need for growth - what we might call immaturity - is not a negative state of being.

I believe in the nobility of entertaining people and I take great, great pride that people are willing to give me two or three hours of their busy lives.

There's no doctor in a white coat that's going to save you, or a system or a pill - it's always going to be you and the choices that you make.

Are your eyelashes like your hair?” “Yes. They’re very beautiful—want to see?” Her lips twitched. “Vanity is a sin,Bluebell.” “When you have it, flaunt it, I say.” -Elena and Illium