What has violence ever accomplished? What has it ever created? No martyr's cause has ever been stilled by an assassin's bullet...

There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?

Every time you stand up for an ideal, you send forth a tiny ripple of hope.

I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil. Government belongs wherever evil needs an adversary and there are people in distress.

There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?

While free markets tend to democratize a society, unfettered capitalism leads invariably to corporate control of government.

Each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.

Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.

Too often we honor swagger and bluster and the wielders of force; too often we excuse those who are willing to build their own lives on the shattered dreams of others.

It is the essence of responsibility to put the public good ahead of personal gain

In your hands lies the future of your world and the fulfilment of the best qualities of your own spirit.

Nothing is right or wrong. It's all an interpretation of which lens we are looking through.

If you make time for the nonsense, good or bad, it will continue to seek you out.

Isn't unconditional love supposed to work both ways? How can we expect unconditional love for ourselves if we are not willing to grant others the same mercy?

Talent alone gets you nowhere. You really have to have the grit, and you gotta have a love for people.

Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has likely learned how to have a little fun in spite of his troubles.

There should be more booing in shops and restaurants and places like that when when the service is bad. If you've had a poor breakfast in a hotel, you should put your knife and fork down and boo.

Leadership starts at the top.

Ronald Reagan fought for America. He loved America. He feared where the left, based on history, wanted to take the country.

Just to travel is rather boring, but to travel with a purpose is educational and exciting.

And as a writer now, I want to save Linda's life. Not her body--her life.