“He who slings mud generally loses ground.”

The free press is the mother of all our liberties and of our progress under liberty.

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard.

On the plains of hesitation lie the blackened bones of countless millions who at the dawn of victory lay down to rest, and in resting died.

In America any boy may become President, and I suppose it’s just one of the risks he takes.

You know, you really can’t beat a household commodity

Man has wrested from nature the power to make the world a desert or make the deserts bloom.

The best reason I can think of for not running for President of the United States is that you have to shave twice a day.

Then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.

But I am now seasoned enough to have learned that the hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.

And now in the serenity and quiet of this lovely place, touch the depths of truth, feel the hem of Heaven.

Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy

Not to destroy but to construct

That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another.

I have tried to talk about the issues in this campaign… a

Dependent on its vulnerable reserves of air and soil

A violent scene is art, as much as a sex scene is art. For me, all the scenes were a challenge.

There can be no centre in infinity.

As I see it every day you do one of two things

We must not, in opening our schools to everyone

We all make mistakes, but the people who thrive from their mistakes are the successful ones.

I’ve done a lot of independent film, which are short shoots that are usually four to six weeks, max.

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

Bodily pleasure is not in itself a bad thing. But when it is exalted to a necessity and we become dependent upon it, then we are slaves of our body and its feelings. Only misery lies ahead.