My comedy doesn't come from any calculations and studies.
True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.
When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. I'm beginning to believe it.
You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom.
When we fully understand the brevity of life, its fleeting joys and unavoidable pains; when we accept the facts that all men and women are approaching an inevitable doom: the consciousness of it should make us more kindly and considerate of each other. This feeling should make men and women use their best efforts to help their fellow travelers on the road, to make the path brighter and easier as we journey on. It should bring a closer kinship, a better understanding, and a deeper sympathy for the wayfarers who must live a common life and die a common death.
To be an effective criminal defense counsel, an attorney must be prepared to be demanding, outrageous, irreverent, blasphemous, a rogue, a renegade, and a hated, isolated, and lonely person - few love a spokesman for the despised and the damned.
I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.
I don't need designer things. And YOU are designer, Rush.
Sailing has given me some of the most pleasant and exciting moments of my life. It also has taught me something of the courage, resourcefulness, and strength of men who sail the seas in ships.
Some in Washington say that you have to trade your liberty for security.
often when I thought I joked, I told the truth, afraid to speak it except in jest.