"But I recognize no infallible authority, even in special questions consequently, whatever respect I may have for the honesty and the sincerity of such or such an individual, I have no absolute faith in any person."

"Even the most wretched individual of our present society could not exist and develop without the cumulative social efforts of countless generations."

"Everything will pass, and the world will perish but the Ninth Symphony will remain."

"I listen to them freely and with all the respect merited by their intelligence, their character, their knowledge, reserving always my incontestable right of criticism and censure."

"Success is counted sweetest By those who ne'er succeed."

"The essence of creativity is the belief that courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it."

"A courageous heart knows that every step forward is a victory over stagnation."

"I think the success of democracy is not really police security it's the presence of a broad middle class. The stronger the middle class of a people is, the less you have to worry about one group coming in and exploiting the democratic process for its own ends."