I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive.

Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.

The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them in parliament.

I swear by that old expression 'One monkey don't stop no show!' The reality is we still have some good men out there and we should hail those men as the kings they are.

There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good. One person I have to make good: Myself. But my duty to my neighbor is much more nearly expressed by saying that I have to make him happy if I may.

That terrible mood of depression of whether it's any good or not is what is known as The Artist's Reward.

A celibate clergy is an especially good idea because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism.

The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get I'll never be as good as a wall.

It is good to express a thing twice right at the outset and so to give it a right foot and also a left one. Truth can surely stand on one leg but with two it will be able to walk and get around.

For good or for ill air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies however vital and important must accept a subordinate rank.

Thunder is good thunder is impressive but it is lightning that does the work.

Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.

The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.

No government ought to be without censors and where the press is free no one ever will. Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.

Scientific views end in awe and mystery lost at the edge in uncertainty but they appear to be so deep and so impressive that the theory that it is all arranged as a stage for God to watch man's struggle for good and evil seems inadequate.

There are matters in the Bible said to be done by the express commandment of God that are shocking to humanity and to every idea we have of moral justice.

The soles of Neil Armstrong's boots on the moon made permanent impressions on our souls and in our national psyche. Ann and I watched those steps together on her parent's sofa. Like all Americans we went to bed that night knowing we lived in the greatest country in the history of the world. God bless Neil Armstrong.