People like passion in politics.

Charity begins at home, but should not end there.

Thomas Fuller

By and large we have got to find the good leaders to work with to make sure that we build the strength in these communities. Simply issuing edicts from Canberra isn't going to solve issues on the APY lands.

Jay Weatherill

No well-informed person ever imputed inconsistency to another for changing his mind.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

The more you expect from life, the more your expectations will be fulfilled. By laughing, you do not use up your laughter, but increase your store of it. The more you love, the more you will be loved. The more you give, the more you will receive. Life proves that truth every hour, every day. And life continues to surprise.

Dean Koontz

Actual philosophers ... are commanders and law-givers: they say

Friedrich Nietzsche

I think that when we have a better educated society, when there is less violence in our cities, when people get back into the workforce and have the opportunity to take care of themselves and their families - that for me really is the kind of success and the kind of America that I think most of us still want, we aspire to.

Michael Nutter

Great music is in a sense serene it is certain of the values it asserts.

Rebecca West

Home, the spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest.

Robert Montgomery

When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet deep down in his private heart no man much respects himself.

Mark Twain

For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth.

Bo Bennett

Were it not for imagination, Sir, a man would be as happy in the arms of a chambermaid as of a Duchess.

Samuel Johnson

The great hope of society is in individual character.

William Ellery Channing