There can be no compromise on the right of personal security; there can be no compromise on securing of human rights.

It is all too easy for a society to measure itself against some abstract philosophical principle or political slogan. But in the end, there must remain the question: What kind of life is one society providing to the people that live in it?

Never answer a question from a farmer.

To be realistic today is to be visionary. To be realistic is to be starry-eyed.

We are in danger of making our cities places where business goes on but where life, in its real sense, is lost.

Anyone who thinks that the vice-president can take a position independent of the president of his administration simply has no knowledge of politics or government. You are his choice in a political marriage, and he expects your absolute loyalty.

You can't hoot with the owls and then soar with the eagles