History does nothing; it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.

Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.

It may be, it just may be, that life as we know it with its humanity is more unique than many have thought.

I do know that throughout history, all paper money has eventually come back to its true value, which is zero.

Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable.

I was an Eisenhower Republican when I started out at 21 because he promised to get us out of the Korean War.

Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.

If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this.

The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short.

History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their youth in seclusion.

Gold is good in its place; but loving, brave, patriotic men are better than gold.

Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest.

In the 1960s, there was a point, 1968, ’69, when there was a very strong antiwar movement against the war in Vietnam. But it’s worth remembering that the war in Vietnam started – an outright war started in 1962.

We are proud of the history of our country; we learned it in school and have grown up hearing of freedom, justice and human rights.

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.

In Germany I have been acknowledged again since the fall of Hitler, but my works, partly suppressed by the Nazis and partly destroyed by the war; have not yet been republished there.

I think with the Romans, that the general of today should be a soldier tomorrow if necessary.

What is past is prologue.

We’ve persevered because of a belief we share with the Iraqi people – a belief that out of the ashes of war, a new beginning could be born in this cradle of civilization. Through this remarkable chapter in the history of the United States and Iraq, we have met our responsibility. Now, it’s time to turn the page.

Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity.

A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act.

The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and men, but between talkers and doers.

Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men.

Such is the feebleness of humanity, such is its perversity, that doubtless it is better for it to be subject to all possible superstitions, as long as they are not murderous, than to live without religion.

There is in general good reason to suppose that in several respects the gods could all benefit from instruction by us human beings. We humans are – more humane.

For revolutionary Cubans, to cooperate with other poor and exploited peoples has always been a political principle and a duty towards humanity.

We all remember Abraham Lincoln as the leader who saved our Union. Founder of the Republican Party.

In one thousand years of Russia’s existence, its first popular national election ever to be held occurred in June 1991. Six days later, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir performed in Moscow!

Common sense is the genius of humanity.

I think the FBI is the premier law enforcement agency in all of human history.

It’s impossible to live a life totally free of feelings. God created all of us to be emotional creatures, and feelings are a big part of our lives.

I do think there must be some kind of interaction between your living life and the life that goes on from here.

For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself.

What is absurd and monstrous about war is that men who have no personal quarrel should be trained to murder one another in cold blood.

We can, for example, be fairly confident that either there will be a world without war or there won’t be a world – at least, a world inhabited by creatures other than bacteria and beetles, with some scattering of others.

No boxer in the history of boxing has had Parkinson’s. There’s no injury in my brain that suggests that the illness came from boxing.

My parents were of the generation who thought they were the children of a free Czechoslovakia, the only democracy in central Europe.

I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.

The fastest manned vehicle in history was Apollo 10. It reached 25,000 mph.

There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity – the law of nature and of nations.

But men are men; the best sometimes forget.

The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office.

If I had a time machine, I’d visit Marilyn Monroe in her prime or drop in on Galileo as he turned his telescope to the heavens.

The peoples of this world must unite or they will perish.

Everybody has a little bit of Watergate in him.

I think really, China, Chinese, I think they really have a long history of civilization, rich culture.

All men hate the nagging.

We’re all sinners. Everybody you meet all over the world is a sinner.

A good name is rather to be chosen than riches.

Assassination has never changed the history of the world.

I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.

Risk is a part of God’s game, alike for men and nations.

War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it.

The solutions to our problems are and always will be based upon universal, timeless, self-evident principles common to every enduring, prospering society throughout history.

In its history, Europe has committed so many massacres and horrors that it should bow its own head in shame.

From the dust of the earth, from the common elementary fund, the Creator has made Homo sapiens. From the same material he has made every other creature, however noxious and insignificant to us. They are earth-born companions and our fellow mortals.

One of the good things about the way the Gulf War ended in 1991 is, you’d see the Vietnam veterans marching with the Gulf War veterans.

Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven.

I make preparations both to live and to die every day, but with the emphasis on not dying, and on acting as if I was going to carry on living.

Humanity is still advancing; and it will probably continue to advance for hundreds of thousands of years more, always on condition that we know how to keep the same line of advance as our ancestors towards ever greater consciousness and complexity.

When people get taken over by the ego to such an extent, there is nothing else in their mind except the ego. They can no longer feel or sense their humanity – what they share with other human beings, or even with other life forms on the planet. They are so identified with concepts in their minds that other human beings become concepts as well.