When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy.

Every man has enough power left to carry out that of which he is convinced.

Johann von Goethe

What would be the nicest thing I could say about Newt Gingrich? He may be one of the great supporters of the humanities, because you have people who don't want to study the social sciences, because it's not profitable, and now Newt, as the highest-paid historian in American history, may be an encouragement to people to study history.

Barney Frank

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.

Thomas Carlyle

Science packages theory, places it on a throne, and honors and protects it much like a queen. Engineers make the queen come down from the throne and scrub the floor. And if she doesn't work, we fire her.

Robert J. Marks II

First gain the victory and then make the best use of it you can.

Horatio Nelson

I'm a Republican. I don't want to go to heaven and have to face my family up there and tell them I voted for a Democrat.

T. Boone Pickens

The more man realises his humanity, the lonelier he feels.

Ali Shariati

If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

Neil Peart

I'm in politics. I'm in government, so nothing surprises me.

Andrew Cuomo

The modern American tourist now fills his experience with pseudo-events. He has come to expect both more strangeness and more familiarity than the world naturally offers. He has come to believe that he can have a lifetime of adventure in two weeks and all the thrills of risking his life without any real risk at all.

Daniel J. Boorstin

This Nation has realized significant environmental improvements over the last three decades.

Jerry Costello

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.

C. S. Lewis