Things are more like they are now than they ever were before.

If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.

For every obstacle there is a solution. Persistence is the key. The greatest mistake is giving up!

The middle of the road is all of the usable surface. The extremes, right and left, are in the gutters.

Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.

The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.

If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom.

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.

Always try to associate yourself with and learn as much as you can from those who know more than you do, who do better than you, who see more clearly than you.

To be true to one's own freedom is, in essence, to honor and respect the freedom of all others.

My gran had always told me that a woman--any woman worth her salt--could do whatever she had to.

The most critical risk of all, is not taking the risk if means be dangerous.

The Russians are not going to do what we want them to do because we want them to do it.

The teaching arises out of the stillness. But when I'm alone, there's only the stillness, and that is my favorite place.

I have not looked at a newspaper in twenty years; if one is brought into the room, I flee. This is not because I am indifferent but because one cannot follow every road.

I've created a very unconventional family. I have lovers who are three decades younger than me. This makes people very uncomfortable.

I think the NFL is 10 years away from an implosion.

I think things like food, the food of the south is sort of the common tie that binds us all, Black and White, the sense memories. It's a very particular part of the country.

Examine the legacy that we inherited and what we did. We had boom-and-bust economics and a doubled national debt.

My clerkship with Justice Douglas was tremendously important. He told me, Christopher, get out into the stream of history and see what happens. I've tried to follow that advice.