We must recognize that every nation determines its policies in terms of its own interests.

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.

Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.

One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.

No responsibility of government is more fundamental than the responsibility of maintaining the highest standard of ethical behavior for those who conduct the public business.

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

Don't pray for an easy life, pray to be a stronger man.

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

Forgiveness is not an emotion, it's a decision.

On Writing: "A multitude of improbabilities can be forgiven as long as enough plausibility has been established.

It's hard to ravish a tin of sardines.

The Wreck of the Hesperus But the father answered never a word, A frozen corpse was he.

Sensible of the importance of Christian piety and virtue to the order and happiness of a state, I cannot but earnestly commend to you every measure for their support and encouragement

Faith is a strong word in my life. That's one thing my mother has always stressed to me.

Where there is too much, something is missing.

The maternal impulse in animals to protect their young - that kind of instinct and subsequent violence is quite beautiful. Mythic even.

I think anybody who saw him will tell you that Willie Mays was the greatest player who ever lived.

The dew was falling fast, the stars began to blink I heard a voice it said Drink, pretty creature, drink'