Henry Ford

The most closely organized groups and movements in the world are those which have been the least friendly to the people’s progress and liberty.

I don’t read history. That’s in the past. I’m thinking of the future.

Competition whose motive is merely to compete, to drive some other fellow out, never carries very far.

We are here for experience, and experience is a preparation to know the Truth when we meet it.

When prices go up, business goes down.

What is life but education, anyway?

We’re rounding ’em up in a very humane way, in a very nice way. And they’re going to be happy because they want to be legalized. And, by the way, I know it doesn’t sound nice. But not everything is nice.

Obviously, I’m always thinking about it. A successor, in the ordinary sense of the word – no, the Russian people, the voters will decide who that will be. But of course I think that we should raise a new, young generation of leaders, responsible people who will be able to take on the responsibility of Russia.

The art of government is the organization of idolatry. The bureaucracy consists of functionaries; the aristocracy, of idols; the democracy, of idolaters. The populace cannot understand the bureaucracy: it can only worship the national idols.

By the autumn of this year, additional measures should be introduced which will stabilize the situation on the market.

A considerable share of the world’s population still cannot afford comfortable housing, education and quality health care.

Russia does not have in its possession any trustworthy data that supports the existence of nuclear weapons or any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and we have not received any such information from our partners as yet.

No one wants the United Nations to suffer the fate of the League of Nations, which collapsed because it lacked real leverage. This is possible if influential countries bypass the United Nations and take military action without Security Council authorization.

Throughout the two leadership campaigns I read quite a lot of Oscar Wilde.

Since Jimmy Carter, religious fundamentalists play a major role in elections. He was the first president who made a point of exhibiting himself as a born again Christian. That sparked a little light in the minds of political campaign managers: Pretend to be a religious fanatic and you can pick up a third of the vote right away. Nobody asked whether Lyndon Johnson went to church every day. Bill Clinton is probably about as religious as I am, meaning zero, but his managers made a point of making sure that every Sunday morning he was in the Baptist church singing hymns.

The case for individual freedom rests largely upon the recognition of the inevitable and universal ignorance of all of us concerning a great many of the factors on which the achievements of our ends and welfare depend.

No one can match America. We have big hearts-and the courage to do what’s right. But we’re not the world’s policemen. And if we have to take on that role, we need to send a clear message that protection comes at a price. If other countries benefit from our armed forces protecting them, those countries should cover the costs. Period.

The only way a kid is going to practise is if it’s total fun for him… and it was for me.

The presidency is more than a popularity contest.

Stability of tax policy must be absolutely guaranteed for the next six years.

Gulf Lesson One is the value of airpower.