For great men, religion is a way of making friends; small people make religion a fighting tool.
I accept that people are going to call me awful things every day, and I will always defend their right to do so.
The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
It is most regrettable that nuclear energy is being harnessed for making nuclear weapons.
People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
Whether our task is fighting poverty, stemming the spread of disease or saving innocent lives from mass murder, we have seen that we cannot succeed without the leadership of the strong and engagement of all.
If you want to shine like a sun, first burn like a sun.
Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value. It is a process; it’s not random.
Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.