What we do stems directly from what we believe.

We must have government, but we must watch them like a hawk.

Never feel self-pity, the most destructive emotion there is. How awful to caught up in the terrible squirrel cage of self.

The only people who would be in government are those who care more about people than they do about power.

If there is one thing the past years have taught us, it is the importance of a keen and high sense of honor in those who handle our governmental affairs.

Influence comes out of the work that you've done and the things you've stood for. Influence and power shouldn't be given to just anybody who wants them.

When you're old, everything you do is sort of a miracle.

Economics is not a science, in the sense that a policy can be repeatedly applied under similar conditions and will repeatedly produce similar results.

Party organization matters. When the door of a smoke-filled room is closed, there's hardly ever a woman inside.

The business of government is justice.

I have come to believe that one thing people cannot bear is a sense of injustice. Poverty, cold, even hunger are more bearable than injustice.

Respect is like a bridge to reach your Love. If you do not respect, love is lost.

You are a unique individual with your own special features that you need to carry on your life mission

One of the best sources of perspective is enemies. If we can learn from them, then we can profit from anyone.

I can write pretty much anywhere.

Utopianism is probably a necessary social device for generating the superhuman efforts without which no major revolution is achieved.

As if there were safety in stupidity alone

I leave you love. I leave you hope. I leave you the challenge of developing confidence in one another. I leave you respect for the use of power. I leave you faith. I leave you racial dignity.

Most often, walking alone with my shadow is how I find my answer, the result of gathering together all agreeable parties.

This is something particular to actors, especially in plays, and in films, too - but in plays, it's like, don't get involved with anyone in the play.

It was my first impulse, but I chose to play the priest as a true believer who was an absolute man of faith that absolutely supports the church.