I'm tired of chasing people.

The Gross National Product measures everything except that which makes life worthwhile.

Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality for those who seek to change the world which yields most painfully to change.

Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live.

The sharpest criticism often goes hand in hand with the deepest idealism and love of country.

It is the essence of responsibility to put the public good ahead of personal gain

We should, I believe, beware of the pitfalls described by Taine: 'Imagine a man who sets out on a voyage equipped with a pair of spectacles that magnify things to an extraordinary degree. A hair on his hand, a spot on the tablecloth, the shifting fold of a coat, all will attract his attention; at this rate, he will not go far, he will spend his day taking six steps and will never get out of his room.' We have to get out of this room.