There is...a spiritual hunger in the world today and it cannot be satisfied...by better cars on longer credit terms.

My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.

You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that makes him mad.

Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse.

In America any boy may become President, and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes.

The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never neglect any work of peace within our reach, however small.

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions. All change is the result of a change in the contemporary state of mind.

A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.

As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and the law-abiding, the beginning and the end.

Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice.

More powerful than the will to win is the courage to begin.

Violence is not the answer. Terrorism is the most dangerous of answers.

The federal government seeks to control and regulate the Internet, but the last thing this Congress should be doing is trying to stifle public debate online.

If you have the Old Testament at home, if you flip the corner pages, you can see Jesus riding a horse.

Luckily for you, you can close the book The Postman Always Rings Twice and break out of it, and James M. Cain can't. I can't think of any redeeming feature he has, but he's extremely compelling.

The body of man is a limitation. Only the spirit opens onto the infinite.

It was unworthy of our military sources that they were the first to weaken.

The worst thing about the fantasies of the mentally ill is that they're so damned consistent. They never let up. They never give you any rest.

Going after ISIS, it's beautiful, I like it.

The soul is like an uninhabited world that comes to life only when God lays His head against us.