We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.

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.

To be the salt, you also need to be the shaker. To shake the world. Shake the truth. Shake the people. Shake the word. Have it sprinkle, melt and preserve humanity.

When I go and work with people, I never say, 'Your dog is changed for the rest of its life.' It's like a diet. You've got to maintain a discipline and ritual in your life to keep a certain figure.

There never was a social change in America without angry people at the heart.

I used to be very revolutionary, but now I think that nothing can be gained by brute force. People must be drawn to good by goodness.

One does not contradict the other.Straight-faced is the basis of all decent comedy.

We praise the strength, the patience and the longing of the people who did not stop thinking of freedom and democracy in these dark times

New Canada must be workable without Quebec, but it must be open and attractive enough to include a New Quebec.

All spiritual life begins with a sense of wonder, and nature is a window into that wonder.

Sometimes adults seem as though they have cut a chord from being a child.

None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army