"It is twice as hard to crush a half-truth as a whole lie."

"Conservative: One who admires radicals centuries after they're dead."

"Don't mourn, Organize."

"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority."

"Democracy is not meant to be efficient, it is meant to be fair."

"Talk not of genius baffled, Genius is master of man. Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can."

"It's better to be burnished with use than rusty with principle."

"Life's most urgent question is: What are you doing for others?"

"An honest election, under democracy, is an act of innocence which does not take place more than once in the history of a given nation."

"The most dangerous folly of old people who were once attractive is to forget that they are not so any longer."

"Wisdom oft lurks beneath a tattered coat."

"And now, in keeping with Channel 40's policy of always bringing you the latest in blood and guts, in living color, you're about to see another first--an attempted suicide."