Justice that love gives is a surrender, justice that law gives is a punishment.

We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.

History shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict, victory is always with economics. Vested interests have never been known to have willingly divested themselves unless there was sufficient force to compel them.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.

I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.

Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.

It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.

In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.

Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times.