A government is not an old pair of socks that you throw away.
A man must live like a great brilliant flame and burn as brightly as he can. In the end he burns out. But this is far better than a mean little flame.
A politician must have some scruples, a certain decency; he cannot smear himself in the mud for the sake of a high ideal.
It is especially important to encourage unorthodox thinking when the situation is critical: At such moments every new word and fresh thought is more precious than gold. Indeed, people must not be deprived of the right to think their own thoughts.
Let's not talk about Communism. Communism was just an idea, just pie in the sky.
Liberty sets the mind free, fosters independence and unorthodox thinking and ideas. But it does not offer instant prosperity or happiness and wealth to everyone.
Money, big money (which is actually a relative concept) is always, under any circumstances, a seduction, a test of morals, a temptation to sin.
The main problem with being president is the constant sense that you are inside a glass bowl for everyone to see, or in a kind of barometric chamber with an artificial atmosphere where you must stay all the time.
We don't appreciate what we have until it's gone. Freedom is like that. It's like air. When you have it, you don't notice it.
You can build a throne with bayonets, but you can't sit on it for long.
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