Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous.

He knows the tax code as thoroughly as the pope knows the Lord's Prayer.

The last few years have been my happiest. I'm happy in the years that most people are blue and sad and waiting to die. I don't feel that a bit. Smiling has a lot to do with it. You can just lift your spirits by smiling a little bit.

Bright light is injurious to those who see nothing.

Hunger for gold is made greater as more gold is acquired.

Nothing is higher than the love of truth.

To live is shared by all, but not to be worthy of living.