Somehow, people always forget that it's much easier to install a dictator than to remove one

One of the strengths, and weaknesses, of liberal democratic societies is giving the benefit of the doubt even to one's enemies

Dictators seem to learn from history much better than democrats

If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, compromises on principles are the street lights

You might as well make yourself fly as to make yourself love.

To be a man will continue to demand a heroic heart as long as mankind is not quite human.

If you study life deeply, its profundity will seize you suddenly with dizziness.

The next time you do a filibuster, keep walking around.

I regret having been the bearer of ambiguous tidings.

I'm trying to be confrontational and direct. If I lack directness then I only have myself to blame because I lack the skills to make my point clear.

I shake my head, watching snow tumble and swirl from an all-white sky. The world seems so clean if you only look up

I'm not writing just classic-sounding songs, but songs that come from experience.

Be good, be kind, be humane, and charitable; love your fellows; console the afflicted; pardon those who have done you wrong.

I was the first person to come into New York with a Latin American point of view which was also very much influenced by political happenings in Latin America.