A man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed - I well know. For it's a sign that he tried to surpass himself.

A man who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like, but he's not a man of action. You must act as you breathe.

In order to act, you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.

It is far easier to make war than peace.

We in this Congress have a choice. The American people have a right to exercise a choice on this issue, as to whether our men and women will continue to fight and die in a war based on deception and fantasy, or to start bringing the troops home.

I studied what principles under-laid peace and prosperity and concluded the only way to achieve societal well-being was through a system of economic freedom.

At the end of the 30 Years War then, Europe broadly decided to separate the sacred from the secular in its political culture. I know that is an oversimplification, but it is instructive, and it led to a growth in religious tolerance that has characterized the best of Western life since.

Peace is the umpire for doing the will of God.