The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.

Mistakes happen unknowingly. But they teach us a whole lot of things.

Africans require, want, to franchise on the basis of one man one vote. They want political independence.

Political democracy cannot last unless there lies at the base of it social democracy. What does social democracy mean? It means a way of life which recognizes liberty, equality and fraternity as the principles of life.

The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around.

Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.

Wouldn't it be great if we could look forward to a whole world in which no child will be left behind?

You don't change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall.

Sense perceptions can be and often are false and deceptive, however real they may appear to us. Where there is realization outside the senses, it is infallible. It is proved not by extraneous evidence but in the transformed conduct and character of those who have felt the real presence of God within.

I try to live with honor, even if it costs me millions of dollars and takes a long time. It's very unusual in Hollywood. Few people are trustworthy - a handshake means nothing to them. They feel they're required to keep an agreement with you only if you're successful or they need you.

Looks like slavery was in always in the human DNA. Why else do we find people subduing others and others willing to slog for their masters?

If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America.