I always get more applause than votes.

The Socialist Party will no longer be running a candidate for president. The Democratic Party is leading this country to Socialism much faster than we could ever hope to.

If you want a symbolic gesture, don't burn the flag, wash it.

The secret of a good life is to have the right loyalties and hold them in the right scale of values.

Dissent... is a right essential to any concept of the dignity and freedom of the individual; it is essential to the search for truth in a world wherein no authority is infallible.

The difference between Democrats and Republicans is: Democrats have accepted some ideas of Socialism cheerfully, while Republicans have accepted them reluctantly

The doctrine of thrift for the poor is dumb and cruel, like advising them to try and lift themselves by their bootstraps.

The very existence of armaments and great armies psychologically accustoms us to accept the philosophy of militarism. They inevitably increase fear and hate in the world.

I am not the champion of lost causes, but the champion of causes not yet won.

Kennedy said that if we had nuclear war we'd kill 300 million people in the first hour. McNamara, who is a good businessman and likes to save, says it would be only 200 million.

Peace will never be entirely secure until men everywhere have learned to conquer poverty without sacrificing liberty or security.

Maybe we need to reflect on the fact that the patience of God always outruns the impatience of our greed, and that His love always outweighs the greed that outweighs our love for Him.

When a guy takes off his coat, he's not going to fight. When a guy takes off his wristwatch, watch out!

People in my books tend to get their just deserts, even if not at the hands of the police.

Live only for today, and you ruin tomorrow.

...for a long time I wanted to become a theologian... now, however, behold how through my efforts God is being debated in astronomy.

I'm alone and outgunned, scared and inexperienced, but I'm right.

Why are you smiling?' 'I'm relieved,' I said honestly. 'I was worried I'd given myself cadmium poisoning, or I had some mysterious disease. This is just someone trying to kill me.

He has learned that God uses solitude to teach us how to live with other people.

In life, do you ever really know if you're missing an opportunity? No, you really don't.

Health - what my friends are always drinking to before they fall down.