“The whole basis of the United Nations is the right of all nations”

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.

What a man knows at fifty that he did not know at twenty is, for the most part, incommunicable.

The human race has improved everything, but the human race.

The stars can only shine In the dark night.

This convenient ambiguity at the expense of animals is unacceptable!!!

Being mortal, never pray for an untroubled life. Rather, ask the God to give you an enduring heart.

I will give you three days to seek your shadow.

Man’s pleasure is a short time growing And it falls to the ground As quickly.

I think because my brother was an actor and I just saw how he struggled through, I guess I’m sensitive to it.

These be Three silent things: The Falling snow. . . the hour Before the dawn. . . the mouth of one Just dead.

Humans’ convenience, of course! Individuals of the species are snatched from their homes/family/habitat/held in captivity/forced to mate at great physical/ spiritual pain.