You cannot rectify every real or alleged wrong immediately. Time must enter into the picture.

If Columbus had an advisory committee he would probably still be at the dock.

Modern diplomats approach every problem with an open mouth.

I am surprised nothing has been made of the fact that astronaut Neil Armstrong carried no sidearms when he landed on the moon.

Law not served by power is an illusion; but power not ruled by law is a menace which our nuclear age cannot afford.

The basic guarantees of our Constitution are warrants for the here and now, and unless there is an overwhelmingly compelling reason, they are to be promptly fulfilled.

Equal Justice Under The Law. That is a great goal. But that goal has not been realized.

History teaches us that the past is full of luck and chance and circumstance, without any one of which, life could have been radically different.

The greatest right of a civilized person is to be left alone, unless he does harm to others or is threatening to do harm to himself.

If Columbus had had an advisory committee he would probably still be at the dock.

...love must feel the ego of the beloved person as important as one's own ego, and must realize the other's feelings and wishes as though they were one's own.

Insanity is nothing more than ordinary.

We win half the battle when we make up our minds to take the world as we find it including the thorns.

I work using the Brian Eno school of thinking: limit your tools, focus on one thing and just make it work… You become very inventive with the restrictions you give yourself.

From that day to this that religion has been the greatest curse that ever afflicted the earth.

Men are terrified of their sexuality. They're all afraid of impotence.

Frankly, if independents and Democrats want to work with us on conservative ideas, I can do that better at Heritage than as a partisan inside.

It's different, but it's very pretty out here. I suppose they are going to make a big deal of all this.

No matter how much knowledge and wisdom you acquire during your life, not one jot will be passed on to your children by genetic means. Each new generation starts from scratch.

How great would be our peril if our slaves began to number us!