You have a row of dominoes set up; you knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is that it will go over very quickly.

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.

As the sun has endless lights, endless power, endless warmth, so do you also have endless love with endless power and, even better, your power of love and capacity to give grows by giving.

That deep, can-still-taste-her-in-my-mouth sleep.

Injustice is a cold, unrelenting reality. It can be tempting for us to use our comfort to ignore injustice or rationalize it away. But God would have us join His work.

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.

Art imitates life and, sometimes, life imitates art. It's a weird combination of elements.

Romney raised $10 million. That’s a dollar for every position he’s had on healthcare.

Spite is never lonely; envy always tags along.

Sometimes corruption is slowed by shedding light into what was previously shadowed.

Failure isn't falling down. Failure is not getting up after you have fallen down.

I got more bands and went on the road and turn down more movies than you would believe.