They feel guilty for having survived so they pretend the bad things never happened Exodus (1960) screenplay

Dishonesty in government is the business of every citizen. It is not enough to do your own job. There's no particular gift in that. Democracy isn't a gift. It's a responsibility.

You show me a politician with his heels ten feet in the air, and by Judas priest, Ill show you an honest politician.

The only kind of love worth having is the kind that goes on living and laughing and fighting and loving.

When one man says, “No, I won’t,” Rome begins to fear.

Democracy isn't a gift. It's a responsibility.

A man doesn't say I will starve myself to death to keep from starving, or that he'd spend all of his money to save money. Why should he be willing to die for the privilege of living?

Bankers, nepotists, contracts and talkies: on four fingers one may count the leeches which have sucked a young and vigorous industry into paresis.

The only interesting thing that can happen in a Swiss bedroom is suffocation by feather mattress.

There are plenty of laws to protect guys' money even in war time but there's nothing on the books says a man's life's his own.

If I were dead and buried And I heard your voice, Beneath the sod My heart of dust Would still rejoice.

It is not that things always work out the way you want them to but you must remember that God is always with you

May the glorious light brighten your path.

I can't drop it. It's how I'm drawn.

To [the government] it didn't matter what happened to the American people as long as america in the abstract was kept strong.

I just want to get a Ph.D. in love.

I would love to do a sweeping romantic period drama, like Jane Eyre. That would be my dream. It's always been my dream, as far as acting.

The important thing in life is to let the years carry us along.

It is in our DNA to create space, to open up safe places, and to change the atmosphere where we live.

At some point you must decide if you want to succeed or just be someone who was never to blame for anything going wrong.

I promote revolution against the Capitalists and the Social Marxists.