Quotes

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

Your days are short here; this is the last of your springs. And now in the serenity and quiet of this lovely place, touch the depths of truth, feel the hem of Heaven. You will go away with old, good friends. And don't forget when you leave why you came.

A free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.

Nixon is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump for a speech on conservation.

In America any boy may become President, and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes.

There is no evil in the atom; only in men's souls.

The New Dealers have all left Washington to make way for the car dealers.

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

A funny thing happened to me on the way to the White House.

To me, there is something superbly symbolic in the fact that an astronaut, sent up as assistant to a series of computers, found that he worked more accurately and more intelligently than they. Inside the capsule, man is still in charge.

Saskatchewan is much like Texas - except it's more friendly to the United States.

The Republicans have a me too candidate running on a yes but platform, advised by a has been staff.

I will make a bargain with the Republicans. If they will stop telling lies about Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.

We cannot be any stronger in our foreign policy for all the bombs and guns we may heap up in our arsenals than we are in the spirit which rules inside the country. Foreign policy, like a river, cannot rise above its source.

Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing more than freedom to stagnate, to live without dreams, to have no greater aim than a second car and another television set.

We live in an era of revolution, the revolution of rising expectations.

With the supermarket as our temple and the singing commercial as our litany, are we likely to fire the world with an irresistible vision of America's exalted purpose and inspiring way of life?

I think people are rapidly losing confidence in the political class, and I don't blame them.

I think the Shiites want a theocracy.

Until and unless we could disband these militias, this country won't be able to function properly.

It won't be a question of how well-trained or well-equipped the army is but one of the authority it serves.

Everybody seems to be imprisoned in their own sectarian or political affiliations. They don't seem to be able to rise above these things.

An apology for the actions of some troops who, of course, are not representative of the majority of the armed forces here, I think that would have been useful and it would have helped to some extent.

If the security forces continue to be dominated as they are now by political groups or sects, then the people won't trust in them - and the result will be civil war or fragmentation of the country.

I have had an extraordinary life, but it's been one incredible roller coaster ride.