Before people will do anything, they have got to eat. And if you are really looking for a way for people to lean on you and to be dependent on you, in terms of their cooperation with you, it seems to me that food dependence would be terrific.

Profit and morality are a hard combination to beat.

My philosophy has always been that benefits should percolate up rather than trickle down.

More progress results from the violent execution of an imperfect plan than the perfection of a plan to violently execute.

History teaches us that the great revolutions aren't started by people who are utterly down and out, without hope and vision. They take place when people begin to live a little better - and when they see how much yet remains to be achieved.

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

You cannot go around and keep score. If you keep score on the good things and the bad things, you'll find out that you're a very miserable person. God gave man the ability to forget, which is one of the greatest attributes you have. Because if you remember everything that's happened to you, you generally remember that which is the most unfortunate.