I had faith in Israel before it was established, I have in it now. I believe it has a glorious future before it – not just another sovereign nation, but as an embodiment of the great ideals of our civilization.
A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who’s been dead for 15 years.
We must remember that the test of our religious principles lies not just in what we say, not only in our prayers, not even in living blameless lives – but in what we do for others.
Imperfect action is better than perfect inaction.
The best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.
Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear.
He “wasn’t used to being criticized, and he never did get it through his head that’s what politics is all about. He was used to getting his ass kissed.”
Of course I believe in free enterprise but in my system of free enterprise, the democratic principle is that there never was, never has been, never will be, room for the ruthless exploitation of the many for the benefit of the few.
Tact is the ability to step on a man’s toes without messing up the shine on his shoes.
Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like men who are so afraid of being murdered that they commit suicide to avoid assassination.
A leader is the man who has the ability to get other people to do what they don’t want to do, and like it.
There is some risk involved in action, there always is. But there is far more risk in failure to act.
It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow’s viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences.
It’s not the hand that signs the laws that holds the destiny of America. It’s the hand that casts the ballot.
There’s nothing better than cake but more cake.
There is enough in the world for everyone to have plenty, to live happily, and to be at peace with his neighbors.
If you don’t have your own goals, you’ll be doomed to work toward someone else’s.
There is no gratitude for things past. Gratitude is always for what you’re going to do for people in the future.
The most peaceful thing in the world is plowing a field. Chances are you’ll do your best thinking that way.
An optimist is presented with a problem and sees an opportunity. A pessimist is presented with an opportunity and sees a problem.