“The relationship of the toastmaster to speaker should be the same as that of the fan to the fan dancer.”

All committed, for our safety, to its security and peace.

A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree

It is not even a protection if it means nothing more than freedom to stagnate, to live without dreams

Every age needs men who will redeem the time by living with a vision of the things that are to be.

The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum.

That nations will come together not to destroy but to construct and that the future belongs to those who accomplish most for humanity.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal

The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step.

Nothing so dates a man as to decry the younger generation.

The university is the archive of the Western mind, it’s the keeper of the Western culture, …

It’s hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.

Do you know the difference between a beautiful woman and a charming one?

Confuse the idea that all should have equal chance with the notion that all have equal endowments.

For, in the vernacular, we Americans are suckers for good news.

It will be helpful in our mutual objective to allow every man in America to look his neighbor in the face and see a man – not a color.

I guess I’m a pretty curious person.

Or the track of the band as low as they like it, you can really hear all of the nuances and the mistakes if there are any.

I really see no other solution than to turn inwards and to root out all the rottenness there. I no longer believe that we can change anything in the world until we first change ourselves. And that seems to me the only lesson to be learned.

We are only midway through the central verse of our youth when we see ourselves begin to blacken. … We had been seduced into thinking that we were immortal and suddenly the affair is over.

Nobody wants to watch perfect people.

I was a wonderful parent before I had children.

One must also accept that one has ‘uncreative’ moments. The more honestly one can accept that, the quicker these moments will pass.

You know, as I’ve grown older, my ideas about sin have changed. I used to believe that sins were things you did, but I don’t think that now. I think sins are what you ignore.