History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.

There is a tragic flaw in our precious Constitution, and I don’t know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president.

I disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it.

One of the few good things about modern times: If you die horribly on television, you will not have died in vain. You will have entertained us.

The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them away.

I call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind and world peace: to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete.

The ultimate determinant in the struggle now going on for the world will not be bombs and rockets but a test of wills and ideas-a trial of spiritual resolve: the values we hold, the beliefs we cherish and the ideals to which we are dedicated.

To sit back hoping that someday, someway, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last--but eat you he will.

There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder.

"Reality" is the only word in the English language that should always be used in quotes.