Our government makes no sense unless it is founded on a deeply held religious belief - and I don't care what it is.

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 was trying to have an insight, and all I could think of was that I'd backed myself into a corner, and the corner was me.

What we desire, more than a season or weather, is the comfortOf being strangers, at least to ourselves.

Life may look to be made up of incredible coincidences. One problem. I don’t believe in coincidences. I believe in twists of fate.

Satan is never your well-wisher. Get the pleasure of making him annoyed on you by doing good deeds

You can never please everybody, don't even try.

[Adolf Hitler] hardly ever called [Eva Braun] "Eva." He had many Austrian diminutives for her. He called her "Evi" quite often as well as Schatzerl, Evchen, as well as other Austrian expressions.

Winners have to absorb losses.

Take a course in good water and air; and in the eternal youth of Nature you may renew your own. Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.