Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.
It always seems impossible until it’s done.
You don’t lead by hitting people over the head—that’s assault, not leadership.
My fellow Americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. We were strangers once, too.
Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.
Political tyranny is nothing compared to social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies government.
I destroy my enemy when I make him my friend.
A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.
A leader must have the courage to act against an expert’s advice.
Prophet Mohammed would have no objection to The Satanic Verses.