Science seems ready to confer upon us, as its final gift, the power to erase human life from this planet.

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.

Whatever you’re not telling me, let it go. Emotion leads to poor decisions. Poor decisions lead to scrutiny. Scrutiny is our greatest threat.

Old enough to be drafted but not old enough to vote.

The Law may be hard but it's the law.

Every choice we make can be a celebration of the world we want.

Not all Greeks are ready to do whatever is necessary to stay in the euro.

Either one lives for politics or one lives off politics.

If I'd never have picked up the first person, I'd never have picked up the 42,000 in Calcutta.

The idea of Jewish settlements under Palestinian sovereignty, as was suggested by someone in the Prime Minister's office, is very dangerous and reflects an irrationality of values.

Even the gods love jokes.

I never know where I am going, though. That is part of what makes it so wonderful. And after all, who does?