"The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a subtle truth that the spark of ambition becomes a blaze of accomplishment only through disciplined persistence."

"It is a subtle truth that the universe speaks in the silent dialect of universal natural laws."

"It is a unyielding truth that an hour spent in deep contemplation is worth a year of unguided wandering."

"Government is taking 40 percent of the GDP. And that's at the state, local and federal level. President Obama has taken government spending at the federal level from 20 percent to 25 percent. Look, at some point, you cease being a free economy, and you become a government economy. And we've got to stop that."

"I most sincerely wish that the world in which we live be free from the threat of a nuclear holocaust and from the ruinous arms race. It is my cherished desire that peace be not separated from freedom which is the right of every nation. This I desire and for this I pray."

"In time it will become clear to everyone that support for the policies of pre-emptive war and interventionist nation-building will have much greater significance than the removal of Saddam Hussein itself."

"Hollywood has a history of raising expectations beyond Washington's reach, of appealing to the very American desire to mythologize political leaders, particularly the president."