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Quotes by Leader

"Expressing the thoughts of my comrades, I suggested, among other means, the organization of an international information service on inventories, on production, and on the needs of the various countries for raw materials."

"The profession of a prostitute is the only career in which the maximum income is paid to the newest apprentice."

"If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing."

"The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia."

"Cleanliness drive is something that has touched every Indian"

"I can tell you one thing, Iran is closer to developing nuclear weapons today than it was a week ago, or a month ago or a year ago. It's just moving on with its efforts."

"Yoga is a philosophy of discipline and meditation that transforms the spirit and makes the individual a better person in thought, action, knowledge and devotion."

"What is black empowerment when it seems to benefit not the vast majority but an elite that tends to be recycled?"

"A Constitution should be short and obscure."

"The army is the true nobility of our country."

"The working classes were becoming more and more sharply aware of the complex causes of international malaise."

"The limitation of riots, moral questions aside, is that they cannot win and their participants know it. Hence, rioting is not revolutionary but reactionary because it invites defeat. It involves an emotional catharsis, but it must be followed by a sense of futility."

"And how can you achieve such concentration? By recognizing that everything you do is important to God, and is one vital piece of the larger picture of your life."

"I have lived long enough both in years and in accomplishments."

"Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction."

"The Obama presidency has two great missions: fixing the economy, and preventing Iran from gaining nuclear weapons."

"I think theatre should always be somewhat suspect."

"I only ask of the government to be treated as all other men are treated."

"To be a man's own fool is bad enough, but the vain man is everybody's."

"It is the duty of government to make it difficult for people to do wrong, easy to do right."

"I sum up the prospects for 1967 in three short sentences. We are back on course. The ship is picking up speed. The economy is moving. Every seaman knows the command at such a moment: 'steady as she goes'."

"Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will."

"I might have had trouble saving France in 1946 - I didn't have television then."

"The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful then a thousand heads bowing in prayer."

"Let the workers organize. Let the toilers assemble. Let their crystallized voice proclaim their injustices and demand their privileges. Let all thoughtful citizens sustain them, for the future of Labor is the future of America."
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