The two things he most valued, which is to say liberty and equality, were not natural allies.

I think that gay marriage is something that should be between a man and a woman.

I reserve the right to be smarter today than I was yesterday.

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.

To fight tyranny and oppression by using tyrannical and oppressive means, to combat a single-minded and ruthless fanaticism by becoming equally fanatical and ruthless, will not further the cause of justice or bring about a meaningful democracy. It can only prolong the cycle of violence.

In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves — self-discipline with all of them came first.