Self-Criticism is the secret weapon of democracy, and candor and confession are good for the political soul.

A lie is an abomination unto the Lord, and a very present help in trouble.

If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us. The free mind is no barking dog to be tethered on a ten-foot chain.

Carelessness about our security is dangerous, carelessness about our freedom is also dangerous.

An independent is the guy who wants to take the politics out of politics.

A wise man does not try to hurry history. Many wars have been avoided by patience, and many have been precipitated by reckless haste.

Some of us worship in churches, some in synagogues, some on golf courses...