Archives: Light Bytes

“It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong.”

“In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy.”

“There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.”

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.”

“If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”

“In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.”

“Every two years the American politics industry fills the airwaves with the most virulent, scurrilous, wall-to-wall character assassination of nearly every political practitioner in the country – and then declares itself puzzled that America has lost trust in its politicians.”

“Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them.”

“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.”

“Being president is like running a cemetery: you’ve got a lot of people under you and nobody’s listening.”