If the Lord sends us war, we have got to face it like men, but God forbid we should manufacture war, and use it as an escape from our domestic difficulties. You can't expect a blessing on that.

The law and the constitution are like a child's pants. They've got to be made wider and longer as the child grows so as to fit him. If they're kept too tight, …

Most true points are fine points. There never was a dispute between mortals where both sides hadn't a bit of right.

Truth's like a dollar-piece, it's got two sides, and both are wanted to make it good currency.

I cannot shift the blame for Chechnya, for the sorrow of numerous mothers and fathers. I made the decision, therefore I am responsible.

'Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.'

This is a man who has carried the moral weight of the world for 26 years... turning himself into the only moral reference for humanity in recent years of wars …