We must achieve both security and solvency. In fact, the foundation of military strength is economic strength,

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.

Let go of your hate. It's not too late.

Orozco's despair was not just in finding himself poor, but in discovering that effort, honest intentions, and gentlemanly status had nothing to do with sucess in a commercial economy.

See the flower, how generously it distributes perfume and honey. When it's work is done, it falls away quietly. Try to be like the flower, unassuming despite all it's qualities.

Just in case you get pneumonia or die. The dangerous bits are always the last days of shooting.

I'm far too outspoken to be a woman in Puritan times.

People would ask me why I was doing what I was doing - but I always told them that I just loved to skate. There was no other explanation.

All political spendings for purposes beyond the protection of life and property are a snare and a delusion.

It doesn't matter what people say or what the rules say or what you're supposed to do, you go after what's in your heart.

Only the real, rare, true scientific minds can endure doubt, which is attached to all our knowledge.

I know every politician spins the truth a little.