We, Norton I, do hereby decree that the offices of President, Vice President, and Speaker of the House of Representatives are, from and after this date, abolished.

We do hereby command the Leaders of the Hebrew, Catholic and Protestant Churches to sanctify and have us crowned Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.

The first thing fading is your beautythe least trustworthy is your minddown here on this earthnothing's of any worth—in the end

So long as atrocities remain remote, abstract, they will be tolerated, even by decent people.

A leader is always first in line during times of criticism and last in line during times of recognition.

Have you heard that a smile is the shortest distance between people? I love that! There is nothing like a genuine smile to create a first impression with positive impact.

Crowds moved wherever he went, across the bridge to Manhattan, in New York, wherever he went, life flowed and eddied, but he was not part of it.

Leading a family is the hardest job a man can ever have.

One thing that attracted me to Buddhism was the support for this larger vision of values.

The basic idea was that if a country would put its economy as an integrated piece of the world system, that it would benefit from that with economic growth. I concur with that basic view.

Those vestiges of natures left behind Which reason cannot quite expel from us Are still so slight that naught prevents a man From living a life even worthy of the gods.

If Plan A fails, they could always revert to Plan A.