There are many terrorist states in the world, but the United States is unusual in that it is officially committed to international terrorism.
Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears.
I shall be a good politician. Even if it kills me. Or if it kills anyone else, for that matter.
My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar
Such as are thy habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of thy soul-for the soul is dyed by the thoughts. Dye it then, with a continuous series of such thoughts as these-that where a man can live, there if he will, he can also live well.
When Caesar says, 'do this,' it is perform'd.
You, boy, who owe everything to a name
Revenge is a debt, in the paying of which the greatest knave is honest and sincere, and, so far as he is able, punctual.
A song is like a smile. If you meet people from another country, even if you don't speak the same language, you know what a smile means. A song works the same way. Music produces feelings that need no translation.
I was stricken by news and television pictures coming from the United States this morning. It is impossible to fully comprehend the evil that would have conjured up such a cowardly and depraved assault upon thousands of innocent people. There can be no cause or grievance that could ever justify such unspeakable violence. Indeed, such an attack is an assault not only on the targets but an offense against the freedom and rights of all civilized nations.
Our greatest human freedom is that, despite whatever our physical situation is in life, WE ARE ALWAYS FREE TO CHOOSE OUR THOUGHTS!