In January 1776, Thomas Paine issued 'Common Sense,' advocating independence from Great Britain.
Great men of action... never mind on occasion being ridiculous; in a sense it is part of their job, and at times they all are.
Fishes live in the sea, as men do on land: the great ones eat up the little ones.
See everything, overlook a great deal, correct a little.
They enlarged the domains of commerce by treaties with all nations, upon the great principle of equal justice to all nations, and special favors to none.
Shiloh is a wonderfully dramatic battle. The leader of one side is killed, and the other one is going on to glory, and it was the first great battle. It lasted two days.
I have a great relationship with animals, and with children. I get to their level. I try to see the way a child looks at the world, it's hugely different.
It's critical to have a sound foundation in free-market economics and the Constitution. A great many Republicans in Washington don't have that foundation.
An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.
A little learning is not a dangerous thing to one who does not mistake it for a great deal.
If I just produce the transparent ideal accepted by the Western experts, a process of privatization which will be very good but never happen, that means nothing.
In Europe it is particularly important that we build good relations to everyone who holds political responsibility because Europe can only be build together.
There's no doubt about it, earmarks are not very popular. There are good earmarks and bad earmarks. The good earmarks are the ones I get for my district.
Well, I don't give it out very often, but I reject the notion that you have to be a practitioner to give good advice.
If you don't mind smelling like peanut butter for two or three days, peanut butter is darn good shaving cream.
There are very few good examples of effective, nurturing leadership that unlocks people's potential or even enthusiasm.
I'm a storyteller, and I have really good material to work with: I've been studying magic and the occult since about 1983.
I'm very aware how many distractions the reader has in life today, how many good reasons there are to put the book down.
One good way of measuring the mood in Israel is just how alert or relaxed the guards at every restaurant entrance appear to be.
Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it's less good than the one you had before.
You punch me, I punch back. I do not believe it's good for one's self-respect to be a punching bag.
