Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it.

To the young people I say, you are a gift to your communities and indeed the world. You are our hope and our future.

When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.

When people start asking you to do the same thing over and over again, that's when you know you're way too close to something that you don't want to be near.

My government will be open. Anyone found guilty of corruption will be dealt with in accordance with the law. If you are corrupt you will have to hang your boots.

Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.

Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light.

Nothing is black or white.

The bat thought I was giving him the kiss of life!

Sanity is a madness put to good uses.

The American people should be made aware of the trend toward monopolization of the great public information vehicles and the concentration of more and more power over public opinion in fewer and fewer hands.

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

Freedom lies in being bold.

If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.

The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.

Fashion changes, but style endures.

True valor lies between cowardice and rashness.

Young heads take example of the ancient.

Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of moderate means to observe how little a big fortune contributes to Beauty.

What's with you men? Would hair stop growing on your chest if you asked directions somewhere?

Reverence does not die with mortals, nor does it perish whether they live or die.