All Laws Are An Attempt To Domesticate

Some People Have Greatness Thrust Upon Them. Very Few Have Excellence Thrust Upon Them.

Americans Have Always Believed That-within The Law-all Kinds Of People Should Be Allowed To Take The Initiative In All Kinds Of Activities. And Out Of That Pluralism Has Come Virtually All Of Our Creativity. Freedom Is Real Only To The Extent That There Are Diverse Alternatives.

The Cynic Says, "one Man Can't Do Anything". I Say, "only One Man Can Do Anything."

The Society Which Scorns Excellence In Plumbing As A Humble Activity And Tolerates Shoddiness In Philosophy Because It Is An Exalted Activity Will Have Neither Good Plumbing Nor Good Philosophy: Neither Its Pipes Nor Its Theories Will Hold Water.

What Leaders Have To Remember Is That Somewhere Under The Somnolent Surface Is The Creature That Builds Civilizations, The Dreamer Of Dreams, The Risk Taker. And Remembering That, The Leader Must Reach Down To The Springs That Never Dry Up, The Ever-fresh Springs Of The Human Spirit.