War is a grim, cruel business, a business justified only as a means of sustaining the forces of good against those of evil.

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.

Knowledge is not discovery, but recognition.

I played it for my bride, and one day you will play for yours.

The human heart, as of course we all know is essentially good

A director shouldn't get in the way of the movie, the story should.

Today is, after all, today, but yesterday is of the same substance as tomorrow.

The end of this world occurs when you move from one world into another, from one reality into another.

I don't think life is about a pace, living slow or fast. I think you just live, y'know what I mean?

My limo driver's white, my attorney black... 'Show me some love' like I'm Bernie Mac.

Steve Jobs was a digital pioneer, but when he went home, he listened to vinyl.

If die I must, let me die drinking in an Inn.