The genius of impeachment lay in the fact that it could punish the man without punishing the office.

Honest history is the weapon of freedom.

The first rule of democracy is to distrust all leaders who begin to believe their own publicity.

Clarity in language depends on clarity in thought.

The basic human rights documents-the American Declaration of Independence and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man-were written by political, not by religious, leaders.

What we need is a rebirth of satire, of dissent, of irreverence, of an uncompromising insistence that phoniness is phony and platitudes are platitudinous.

History is, indeed, an argument without end.

Those who are convinced they have a monopoly on The Truth always feel that they are only saving the world when they slaughter the heretics.

For most Americans the Constitution had become a hazy document, cited like the Bible on ceremonial occasions but forgotten in the daily transactions of life.

Anti-intellectualism has long been the anti-Semitism of the businessman.

Politics in a democracy is, at the end, an educational process.

Managing games comes second. Managing people comes first.

Apologizing makes me feel vulnerable. And strong. Expressing gratitude makes me feel vulnerable. And strong. Maybe there's something to this vulnerability/strength connection, eh?

I think film is a very powerful advocate and message carrier.

We are sick of war, we don't want to fight, And yet we gorge ourselves upon the dead.

Prayer is futility when compared to belief.

The imbalances in the climate have been brought on by the incessant push for more and more immediate wealth.

Human beings aren't orchids; we must draw something from the soil we grow in.

What would constitute useful history? That which should teach us our duties and our rights, without appearing to teach them.

My goal is not to be better than anyone else..but to be better that I used to be

The [Tumor Treating Fields] patients can undergo all the activities of their daily life. There's none of the tiredness. There's none of what is called the 'chemo head.'