Thomas Jefferson

Delay is preferable to error.

Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government.

Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.

On Anzac Day, coffee and jokes with a Turk might be the most meaningful and fair dinkum dawn service you could possibly have.

Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.