World War II ended the Great Depression with one of the great public-private industrial collaborations in the history of man.

We often talk too much & listen too little. The surer route to winning a friend isn't to convince them that you're right, but that you care what they think.

Our greatest leaders are neither dreamers nor dictators: They are, like Jefferson, those who articulate national aspirations yet master the mechanics of influence and know when to depart from dogma.

[T]o argue that something is so because it is in the Bible is more than intellectually bankrupt.

A lot of people, including business leaders, think the future belongs to China. Globalization is not a zero-sum game, but we need to hone our skills to stay in play.

Religious belief, like history itself, is a story that is always unfolding, always subject to inquiry and ripe for questioning. For without doubt there is no faith.

The Occupy Wall Street protests at last suggest that America's wealth gap is once again becoming an organizing political principle in the country.

Liberty is precious. But so is life. It should not be so difficult for men and women of good will and good heart and sound mind to find the right balance between the two.

In the fullness of time, I suspect that bigotry against homosexuals will seem as repugnant as racial prejudice does today. Or so one hopes.

No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as duty.

Jefferson was the rare leader who stood out from the crowd without intimidating it.

Be optimistic and don’t ever get discouraged or give up no matter how vain it may seem initially

To be scorned in the public because of your race is to let you know that you are pregnant with a massive potential about to be delivered

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

God's voice is still and quiet and easily buried under an avalanche of clamour.

Channel your passion into lasting results

I think it's pretty obvious that women's stories are not necessarily being told in Hollywood and women are not necessarily being put in the leadership positions they deserve in mainstream film.

She denied none of it aloud, and agreed to none of it in private.

Mel Gibson doesn't need your judgment, he needs your prayers.

I don't want to just make horror movies; I don't want to just make any type of movie - I don't just like horror movies, I love movies.

You must have some money if you are going to live simply. It need not be much, but you must have some.