The worship of words is more pernicious than the worship of images. Grammatolatry is the worst species of idolatry.

Property that endangers the safety of a nation should not be suffered to remain in the hands of its citizens.

The dangers which threaten us are twofold: First, from the Confederate forces, composed of men whose earnest convictions and reckless bravery it is idle to deny.

Wisdom, prudence, forethought, these are essential. But not second to these that noble courage which adventures the right, and leaves the consequences to God.

Men ever follow willingly a daring leader: most willingly of all, in great emergencies.

Boldness and decision command, often even in evil, the respect and concurrence of mankind.

Men acquiesce in a thousand things, once righteously and boldly done, to which, if proposed to them in advance, they might find endless objections.

Property in man, always morally unjust, has become nationally dangerous.

It is within your power at this very moment not only to consumate an act of enlightened statesmanship, but, as the instrument of the Almighty, to restore to freedom a race of men.

The people are forbidden to give aid and comfort to rebels. What of a government that has the power to cut off from aid and comfort all the rebels of the South and fails to exercise it?

We can constitutionally extirpate slavery at this time.

Nobody ever asks who was the seventh person on the Moon. The only thing they know is who's number one and who's number two. Does anybody know who the last man was?

Free lunches don't come cheap.

Before consulting the hotheads who present various military options such as a military invasion: remember, President Reagan, Rambo only exists in the movies.

I think we can allow the therapeutic uses of nuclear transplant technology, which we call cloning, without running the danger of actually having live human beings born.

You always fall for the rascal or the guy who's got a little bit of the devil in him. You can't help it.

Is this freedom? Is it happiness? I don't know. I don't care anymore. It is different--it is being alive.

A mental picturing of that which we want, with the complete acceptance and the conviction that it is ours now, will bring it quickly.

Nuclear weapons are the scourge of the earth; to mine for them, manufacture them, deploy them, use them, is a curse against God, the human family, and the earth itself.

Man's life is short; and therefore an honorable death is his immortality.

I've always hated the way I looked, and I've never complained about my brains.