Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand.

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.

We win justice quickest by rendering justice to the other party.

To attain any assured knowledge about the soul is one of the most difficult things in the world.

In order to become prosperous, a person must initially work very hard, so he or she has to sacrifice a lot of leisure time.

Of all of our inventions for mass communication, pictures still speak the most universally understood language.

The foundation of nation building rests on education.

Abundance may be the root cause of wastage.

Every man who repeats the dogma of Mill that one country is no fit to rule another country must admit that one class is not fit to rule another class.

As president, I'm committed to making Washington work better and rebuilding the trust of the people who sent us here.

All wars signify the failure of conflict resolution mechanisms, and they need post-war rebuilding of faith, trust and confidence.

The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.