The taste of democracy becomes a bitter taste when the fullness of democracy is denied.

The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt.

When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil.

America is a passionate idea or it is nothing. America is a human brotherhood or it is chaos.

Either men will learn to live like brothers, or they will die like beasts.

A politician wouldn't dream of being allowed to call a columnist the things a columnist is allowed to call a politician

When you are seventeen you aren't really serious.

I am neither an optimist nor pessimist, but a possibilist.

A President is best judged by the enemies he makes when he has really hit his stride.

You may call for peace as loudly as you wish, but where there is no brotherhood there can in the end be no peace.

The best thing about lying in bed late is that you learn to distinguish between first things and trivia, for whatever presses on you has to prove its importance before it makes you move.

Home is one's birthplace, ratified by memory.

Maiden, that read'st this simple rhyme, Enjoy thy youth, it will not stay; Enjoy the fragrance of thy prime, For oh, it is not always May!

Whenever monarchs err, the people are punished. [Lat., Quidquid delirant reges, plectuntur Achivi.]

Genuine leadership comes from the quality of your vision and your ability to spark others to extraordinary performance.

I love sandwiches. Let's face it, life is better between two pieces of bread.

If you realize what the real problem is-losing yourself-you realize that this itself is the ultimate trial.

You can pay people to perform, but you can't pay people to excel.

I feel like people might be slightly less inclined to hate me as much as they did in the past, and I think part of that is selling fewer records.

What batters you becomes your strength.

I know what's it's like to grow up with ADHD and how important it is for parents, caregivers and patients, to have access to accurate information.