There can be no peace without law.

If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.

For every obstacle there is a solution. Persistence is the key. The greatest mistake is giving up!

The middle of the road is all of the usable surface. The extremes, right and left, are in the gutters.

Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.

The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.

If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom.

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.

Always try to associate yourself with and learn as much as you can from those who know more than you do, who do better than you, who see more clearly than you.

To be true to one's own freedom is, in essence, to honor and respect the freedom of all others.

Seeing someone read a book you love is seeing a book recommend a person.

Local innovation and initiative can help us better understand how to protect our environment.

I am doing just fine, considering that I have triumphantly survived Nazism and two wives.

I would never let a white boy beat me. You can print that. I would never lose to a white person.

Our strengths are not many. Our weaknesses are a lot.

You don't always have to get too sexy to get to know a girl.

I'm writing a novel about two actresses who go to New York, because that's what I know about. One has lost touch with reality, disappears and is picked up by a man.

The opposite of consumption isn't thrift. It's generosity.

A fox is a wolf who sends flowers.

I always seem to be singing against the grain.