No one can look back on his schooldays and say with truth that they were altogether unhappy.

All the crap that they tell you about ... getting joy and having a kind of wisdom in your golden years -- it's all tripe ... I've gained no wisdom no insight no mellowing. I would make all the same mistakes again today.

Cruel leaders are replaced only to have new leaders turn cruel.

Only through destroying myself can I discover the greater power of my spirit.

The man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor judge of distance.

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing it is always from the noblest motives.

I think there are a whole host of things that are civil rights and then there are other things - such as traditional marriage - that I think express a community's concern and regard for a particular institution.

Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring.

We are born weak we need strength, helpless we need aid, foolish we need reason. All that we lack at birth all that we need when we come to man's estate is the gift of education.

If you listen to your fears you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.

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