Lewis Strauss is one of my best friends.

Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.

Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt.

Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.

It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of free speech. Immediately on attaining power each dictator has suppressed all free speech except his own.

My country owes me nothing. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl, a chance. It gave me schooling, independence of action, opportunity for service and honor.

Peace is not made at the council table or by treaties, but in the hearts of men.

Being a politician is a poor profession. Being a public servant is a noble one.

All men are equal before fish.

To the engineer falls the job of clothing the bare bones of science with life, comfort, and hope.

Absolute freedom of the press to discuss public questions is a foundation stone of American liberty.

Deep, hearty, clean and compassionate laughter is vitamin-tastic fuel for the soul.

Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre.

We flew over to England by the same route Churchill took. It was easy. All we had to do was follow the cigar ashes.

It is... very helpful to think of adversity not so much as a threat to our peace of mind but rather as the very means by which patience is attained.

I didn't have big movie offers, or any big agents wanting to work with me. I had to go grassroots, start at the bottom and go on 150 auditions before someone finally gave me a shot

It is not someone's fault if they succeeded, it is someone's fault if they failed.

Because cap and trade is enforced through the selling and trading of permits, it actually perpetuates the pollution it is supposed to eliminate.

Truth is self-evident, nonviolence is its maturest fruit. It is contained in truth, but is not self-evident.

I don't even know what success is.

You can't make homes out of human beings.