The noblest search is the search for excellence.

We have the opportunity to move not only toward the rich society and the powerful society, but upward to the Great Society.

Doing what's right isn't the problem. It is knowing what's right.

If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking.

I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it.

You know, doing what is right is easy. The problem is knowing what is right.

There are no favorites in my office. I treat them all with the same general inconsideration.

Only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. One is to let her think she is having her own way, and the other is to let her have it.

The noblest search is the search for excellence

Guns and bombs, rockets and warships, are all symbols of human failure.

We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.

Books and ideas are the most effective weapons against intolerance and ignorance.

In science, compromise is a betrayal of truth.

Economics is a living thing—and to live implies both imperfection and change.

Every socialist is a disguised dictator.

Every step which leads from capitalism toward planning is necessarily a step nearer to absolutism and dictatorship.

He who is unfit to serve his fellow citizens wants to rule them.

In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by.

If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you can do.

Ability is of little account without opportunity.

I think knowing what you cannot do is more important than knowing what you can.

I'm not funny. What I am is brave.

I would rather regret the things I have done than the things I have not

The way to stay young is to live honestly, eat slowly and lie about your age.