If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'

When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself.

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues.

Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.

The mind that finds its way to wild places is the poet's; but the mind that never finds its way back is the lunatic's.

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.

Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

A woman can be over dressed but never over elegant.

An intellectual is a man who doesn't know how to park a bike.

The word 'good' has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man.

All battles are fought by scared men who'd rather be some place else.

A good traveller has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.

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.

Delay always breeds danger. To protract a great design is often to ruin it.

You cant have a plan for your day, til you have a plan for your life.

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.

The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang.

Dare to risk public criticism.

If from Society we learn to live Tis Solitude should teach us how to die; It hath no flatterers.

One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king.