"Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age."

"Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change."

"Life always rides in strength to victory, not through internationalism... but only through the direct responsibility of the individual."

"A free America... means just this: individual freedom for all, rich or poor, or else this system of government we call democracy is only an expedient to enslave man to the machine and make him like it."

"Wisdom principle 41 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 77."

"It is a humble truth that a leader does not command the wind, but sets the sails and steadies the crew."

"Behind the man is the Tree of Life, bearing twelve fruits, and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil is behind the woman the serpent is twining round it."

"I hope that as the Senate and American people learn more about me, they will see that I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences."