As a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, I know that the men and women of our intelligence community put their lives on the line every day, and they do very dangerous work to keep our country safe.

So far as the government is concerned, there is only one holy book, which is the constitution of India. My government will not tolerate or accept any discrimination based on caste, creed and religion.

The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of government hold their power, is derived.

If my films don’t show a profit, I know I’m doing something right.

No nation should stoke instability in its neighbor’s country.

Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person.

I’d have stopped writing years ago if it were for the money.

I’ve sat in sushi bars, really fine ones, and I know how hard this guy worked, how proud he is. I know you don’t need sauce. I know he doesn’t even want you to pour sauce. And I’ve seen customers come in and do that, and I’ve seen him, as stoic as he tries to remain, I’ve seen him die a little inside.

What Washington needs is adult supervision.

Governments will always play a huge part in solving big problems. They set public policy and are uniquely able to provide the resources to make sure solutions reach everyone who needs them. They also fund basic research, which is a crucial component of the innovation that improves life for everyone.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

When a new source of taxation is found it never means, in practice, that the old source is abandoned. It merely means that the politicians have two ways of milking the taxpayer where they had one before.

Unwearied ceaseless effort is the price that must be paid for turning faith into a rich infallible experience.

The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.

The Chinese government wants me to say that for many centuries Tibet has been part of China. Even if I make that statement, many people would just laugh. And my statement will not change past history. History is history.

The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away.

Being president isn’t anything like reality TV. It’s not about sending insulting tweets or making fiery speeches; it’s about whether or not the candidate can handle the awesome responsibility of leading this country.

Distrust and caution are the parents of security.

The first duty of government is to see that people have food, fuel, and clothes. The second, that they have means of moral and intellectual education.

I consider anybody a twerp who hasn’t read ‚Democracy in America‘ by Alexis de Tocqueville. There can never be a better book than that one on the strengths and vulnerabilities inherent in our form of government.

In my early teens, I knew I wanted to do television production. I loved cameras, editing and producing, anything that had to do with television production. My friend had a production studio across town, and we’d go over there at night and shoot and edit. I produced my father’s televised service for 17 years.

The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf.

Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice, without constraint.

Jesus paid a tremendous price for us so we could have abundant life. He willingly took all of our sin on Himself and gave His life on the cross so we could be forgiven and have new life in Him.

I have to work really hard to get the record deal – I have to spend years at it to get good. I have to practice to be good at guitar.

I’d be so bored if I wasn’t going out there, knowing that I could still do it. So, I’m going to work hard to be ready to go, and I still plan on playing for a long time.

I do not believe a man can ever leave his business. He ought to think of it by day and dream of it by night.

I will not leave South Africa, nor will I surrender. Only through hardship, sacrifice and militant action can freedom be won. The struggle is my life. I will continue fighting for freedom until the end of my days.

So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs.

Empire and liberty.

My mother was a full-time mother. She didn’t have much of her own career, her own life, her own experiences… everything was for her children. I will never be as good a mother as she was. She was just grace incarnate. She was the most generous, loving – she’s better than me.

When you stand for something, you’ve got to stand for it all the way, not half way.

It’s hard work making movies. It’s like being a doctor: you work long hours, very hard hours, and it’s emotional, tense work. If you don’t really love it, then it ain’t worth it.

There is no way I would ask others to go on a Virgin Galactic flight if I didn’t feel it was safe enough for myself.

Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.

The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples‘ money.

We must be willing to pay a price for freedom.

The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true.

Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods.

The day I think I’m not enjoying the game and contributing the way I would like to, I’ll hang up my boots.

If you love something – and there are things that I love – you do want more and more and more of it, but that’s not the way to produce good work. So as an author, I need to write what I need to write.

It’s a rule to give all, and it can make the difference if you work more. If you don’t have to give all, and you still win, what’s this?

There is always safety in valor.

It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.

It’s a good thing we don’t get all the government we pay for.

Senator Kerry has been in Washington long enough to take both sides on just about every issue.

The CIA is made up of boys whose families sent them to Princeton but wouldn’t let them into the family brokerage business.

We will be remembered only if we give to our younger generation a prosperous and safe India, resulting out of economic prosperity coupled with civilizational heritage.

I have done for my country, and for all mankind, all that I could do, and I now resign my soul, without fear, to my God – my daughter to my country.

A financial institution has the task of taking risks, and if it’s a well run institution – say, Goldman Sachs – it tries to cover the potential losses to itself, but only to itself.

No group and no government can properly prescribe precisely what should constitute the body of knowledge with which true education is concerned.

The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.

You throw batting practice, you warm up pitchers, you sit and cheer. You do whatever you have to do to stay on the team.

The totalitarian, to me, is the enemy – the one that’s absolute, the one that wants control over the inside of your head, not just your actions and your taxes.

I am such a political person.

No man will ever carry out of the Presidency the reputation which carried him into it.

In order to become prosperous, a person must initially work very hard, so he or she has to sacrifice a lot of leisure time.

We’re just enthusiastic about what we do.

Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.

I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.

Folks, you’re the reason that the automobile industry is back. Whether it was the wage freezes, the plant closures, folks, you sacrificed to keep your companies open. Because of your productivity, the combined auto companies have committed to invest another $23 billion in expansion in America.