Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.

The United States is a land of free speech. Nowhere is speech freer - not even here where we sedulously cultivate it even in its most repulsive form.

Fancy living in one of these streets, never seeing anything beautiful, never eating anything savoury, never saying anything clever!

A world united is better than a world divided, but a world divided is better than a world destroyed.

Never give up on something that you can't go a day without thinking about.

In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet.

There comes a precious moment in all of our lives when we are tapped on the shoulder and offered the opportunity to do something very special that is unique to us and our abilities, what a tragedy it would be if we are not ready or willing.