The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist.

To the frustrated, freedom from responsibility is more attractive than freedom from restraint.

No matter how noble the objectives of a government, if it blurs decency and kindness, cheapens human life, and breeds ill will and suspicion; it is an evil government.

It is the pull of opposite poles that stretches souls. And only stretched souls make music.

The real "haves" are they who can acquire freedom, self-confidence, and even riches without depriving others of them. They acquire all of these by developing and applying their potentialities. On the other hand, the real "have nots" are they who cannot have aught except by depriving others of it. They can feel free only by diminishing the freedom of others, self-confident by spreading fear and dependence among others, and rich by making others poor.

The basic test of freedom is perhaps less in what we are free to do than in what we are free not to do.

We feel free when we escape - even if it be but from the frying pan to the fire.