The Athenians govern the Greeks; I govern the Athenians; you, my wife, govern me; your son governs you.

He who commands the sea has command of everything.

I choose the likely man in preference to the rich man; I want a man without money rather than money without a man.

I cannot fiddle, but I can make a great state from a little city.

I never learned how to tune a harp, or play upon a lute; but I know how to raise a small and obscure city to glory and greatness...whereto all kindreds of the earth will pilgrim.

Strike, if you will, but listen.

I have with me two gods, Persuasion and Compulsion.

May I never sit on a tribunal where my friends shall not find more favor from me than strangers.

I choose the likely man in preference to the rich man I want a man without money rather than money without a man.

Resolved to act right.

The way to a landowner's heart was to tax gently.

You have to see the human being in the enemy. If there is potential for change, there is still hope.

Film, television and to a certain extent, theater are modern day libraries.

Take your energy - instead of losing it in all the little hassles and all the little battles you could have fought with opponents who didn't matter.

We cannot talk simultaneously about animal rights and the 'humane' slaughter of animals.

There is only one smartest dog in the world, and every boy has it.

When there are elections, people tend to vote for peace. They don't vote for war. So Americans want to promote those principles around the world.

I was very good in math and physics. In the Soviet time, we had a lot of Olympic-style competitions for different disciplines: I was always winning in my region.

How did people do this - swallow all their fears and trust someone else so implicitly with every imperfection and fear they had.