The free press is the mother of all our liberties and of our progress under liberty.

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.

It’s kind of like a Zen thing. Like playing the piano, or being a centipede in Heaven.

The level of detail and craft is something that's inscribed within the original design concept. And so when I begin to draw, I know what kind of detailing I want the building to have.

If a woman's young and pretty, I think you can see her good looks all the better for her being plainly dressed.

The church is not primarily a political organisation. We're a religious organisation. There's a much greater opportunity.

At present, too much theological thinking is very human-centered.

Our desires, once realized, haunt us again less readily.

You don't read scripture, scripture reads you.

A: Set the pace and rule the race. Seek new ways to differentiate, new ways to surprise and delight your customers.

Killing Jesus was like trying to destroy a dandelion seed-head by blowing on it

I think Hillary Clinton deserves to have people vouch for her other than members of the Democratic National Committee.