Our strength lies, not alone in our proving grounds and our stockpiles, but in our ideals, our goals, and their universal appeal to all men who are struggling to breathe free.

Eggheads, unite! You have nothing to lose but your yolks.

Your public servants serve you right; indeed often they serve you better than your apathy and indifference deserve.

Some of us worship in churches, some in synagogues, some on golf courses...

A wise man who stands firm is a statesman, a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.

If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us. The free mind is no barking dog to be tethered on a ten-foot chain.

Self-Criticism is the secret weapon of democracy, and candor and confession are good for the political soul.

Man is a strange animal, he doesn't like to read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it.

Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.

A lie is an abomination unto the Lord, and a very present help in trouble.

Why is it that when political ammunition runs low, inevitably the rusty artillery of abuse is always wheeled into action?

As soon as you open your mind to doing things differently, the doors of opportunity practically fly off their hinges.

I think it works differently for everyone. Some people do amazing things with research, but for me, it just gets convoluted, and I start to think too much.

Donald Trump has been rejecting the idea of trade agreements like NAFTA, like the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

I like to give the actors freedom to take what we have on the page and improve on it. And they do that quite a bit.

The end of reading is not more books but more life.

Acceptance means commitment, among other things.

Although women do two-thirds of the world's labor, they own less than one percent of the world's assets.

I was sort of the class-clown type, and I was also in school plays, and I always liked comedy.

I didn't feel up to writing about 9/11. If I were to write about it, it would take me years.