Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg.

The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first. A process which often reduces the most complex human problem to a manageable proportion.

...the right of the individual to elect freely the manner of his care in illness must be preserved.

Science seems ready to confer upon us, as its final gift, the power to erase human life from this planet.

Never waste a minute thinking about people you don't like.

We do not keep security establishments merely to defend property or territory or rights abroad or at sea. We keep the security forces to defend a way of life.

If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom.