The basic guarantees of our Constitution are warrants for the here and now, and unless there is an overwhelmingly compelling reason, they are to be promptly fulfilled.

If Columbus had an advisory committee he would probably still be at the dock.

Modern diplomats approach every problem with an open mouth.

I am surprised nothing has been made of the fact that astronaut Neil Armstrong carried no sidearms when he landed on the moon.

You cannot rectify every real or alleged wrong immediately. Time must enter into the picture.

Law not served by power is an illusion; but power not ruled by law is a menace which our nuclear age cannot afford.

Equal Justice Under The Law. That is a great goal. But that goal has not been realized.

History teaches us that the past is full of luck and chance and circumstance, without any one of which, life could have been radically different.

The greatest right of a civilized person is to be left alone, unless he does harm to others or is threatening to do harm to himself.

If Columbus had had an advisory committee he would probably still be at the dock.

When a woman who has much to say says nothing, her silence can be deafening.

There is -- in world affairs -- a steady course to be followed between an assertion of strength that is truculent and a confession of helplessness that is cowardly.

Lord Kane beat me up,” one said with a grin. There was blood on his teeth. “Did you see?” “Best. Night. Ever.

People will identify with a persecuted minority without asking themselves what they are identifying with.

Agony without genius was gaucherie.

Closure is a preposterous concept worthy of the worst aspects of American daytime TV.

The principal villain in rising health care costs is the government. Not pharmaceutical companies, not doctors, but government.

If a man carefully examine his thoughts he will be surprised to find how much he lives in the future. His well-being is always ahead. Such a creature is probably immortal.

Perhaps God waits for us to be empty, so he may fill us with himself.

I don't like fruit but I'm vegetarian, so eat a lot of veggies.