She was the kind of person who would rather light a candle than curse the darkness.

My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.

You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that makes him mad.

Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse.

In America any boy may become President, and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes.

The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never neglect any work of peace within our reach, however small.

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions. All change is the result of a change in the contemporary state of mind.

A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.

As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and the law-abiding, the beginning and the end.

Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice.

As we try to achieve perfection, society changes and we just become more imperfect

This is God's world, not Satan's. Christians are the lawful heirs, not non-Christians.

I see people who talk about America, and then undermine it by not paying attention to its soul, to its poetry. I see polarization, reductionism and superficiality.

For a long time, I'd been vaguely fascinated by the idea that Charles Lindbergh flew the Atlantic and Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs in the same summer.

I'm the kind of parent who asks my kids questions like, 'What would be your ideal thing to do in the summer?'

All the technology in the world will never replace a positive attitude.

Your margin is my opportunity.

India is essentially a karmabhumi (land of duty) in contradistinction to bhogabhumi (land of enjoyment).

The story I tell is so incomplete, five kids in the house and no food to eat.

God is absolutely good; and so, assuredly, the cause of all that is good.