I had rather... make history than write it.

The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.

Nothing exists from whose nature some effect does not follow.

However many holy words you read, However many you speak, What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them?

Two of the hardest tests in life: The patience to wait for the right moment and the courage to accept whatever you encounter.

I’m an idealist. I don’t know where I’m going but I’m on my way.

I have nothing but contempt for the kind of governor who is afraid, for whatever reason, to follow the course that he knows is best for the State; and as for the man who sets private friendship above the public welfare—I have no use for him, either.

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and being good all the time. That would be hypocrisy.

The first method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

Never was a government that was not composed of liars, malefactors and thieves.

The right man is the one who seizes the moment.

My prayer is that when I die, all hell rejoices that I am out of the fight.

Let us remind ourselves that it is ordinary people – men and women, boys and girls – that make the world a special place.

We still have a choice today: nonviolent coexistence or violent coannihilation. This may well be mankind's last chance between chaos and community.