Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom languishes.

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.

Those evening bells! those evening bells! How many a tale their music tells!

I find that when I write, I need things to be quiet, but when I design, I can't bear it if it's quiet.

When one burns one's bridges, what a very nice fire it makes.

I vow to you I am as clean as a Cherub. Would you like a taste?

I think politics is important. It's how we run our society. I think it should be natural to have an interest in the subject, and I almost don't understand why some people don't.

You can ride, you can travel with a friend of your own; The final step you must take alone. No wisdom is better than this when known: That every hard thing is done alone.

As each tree falls so does the earth's ability to heal itself and to adapt to the effects of our changing climate

Wealth is conspicuous, but poverty hides.

The question is how the questioner exists.

Every man believes that he has greater possibilities.