No human being will ever know the truth, for even if they happened to say it by chance, they would not know they had done so.

In Australia there are not limits on what you can believe but there are limits on how you can behave. It's called the law, and no one is above it.

That's one of the good things about being from the political centre, you're willing to work with both side of politics.

I'm not against free trade but I'm against free trade deals that are negotiated badly, that actually compromise jobs, manufacturing jobs, compromise the national interest.

I don't know if I am a very good politician. I'm not a good hater.

...men unite against none so readily as against those whom theysee attempting to rule over them.

The sweetest of all sounds is praise.

I will venture to maintain that where the teacher is not pleasing to the pupil, there is no education.

All the children of the great men in Persia are brought up at court, where they have an opportunity of learning great modesty, and where nothing immodest is ever heard or seen.

A horse is a thing of beauty... none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor.

When asked my advice as I stroll through the town, “A good lady knows how to take a political assassin down.

I always knew I was going to be rich. I don't think I ever doubted it for a minute.

Instead of looking for miracles why believe so strong in invisible virtues like dignity of labor.

People were clueless. Allthey ever went by was appearance and rumor.

As my son Frankie put it, Humanism has changed the Twenty-third Psalm: They began - I am my shepherd. Then - Sheep are my shepherd. Then - Everything is my shepherd. Finally - Nothing is my shepherd.

Many do not have the courage to face the truth of life and instead dwell upon some delusions to escape it. Any such escapism is a major hurdle in spiritual development.

William Shakespeare sounds to me like some kind of faggot.

People seem generally happy to see their favorite world come to life, even if it it slightly changed to fit storytelling for television.

At the end of the day, bin Laden's interest is not Washington and New York, it's the Middle East. He wants Saudi Arabia. He wants to get rid of the House of Saud.

Sport hunting is a crime. My sympathies are with the fox.