"With hurricanes, tornadoes, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another, and with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks, are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?"

“Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of complaining.”

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” 

"The philosophy of gun control: Teenagers are roaring through town at 90MPH, where the speed limit is 25. Your solution is to lower the speed limit to 20."

"Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act."

"If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability." 

“Sooner or later you will see that the person most qualified to run your life is reflected in the mirror”

"Foreign aid: A transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries." 

"There is a difference between an 'optimist' and a fool. An optimist is somebody who looks at bleak facts and decides to make the best of the situation that they can. A fool is somebody who looks at bleak facts and decides to ignore them because they are too upsetting." 

“Some national parks have long waiting lists for camping reservations. When you have to wait a year to sleep next to a tree, something is wrong.” 

“The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.” 

“If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have paradise in a few years.” 

“Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.” 

“All that is gold does not glitter; not all those that wander are lost.” 

“In case you're worried about what's going to become of the younger generation, it's going to grow up and start worrying about the younger generation.” 

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”

“There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.” 

“The trouble with weather forecasting is that it's right too often for us to ignore it and wrong too often for us to rely on it.” 

“The only people who can change the world are people who want to. And not everybody does”

"Americans used to roar like lions for liberty; now we bleat like sheep for security." - 

"...either you oppose a lie, or you become a liar."