"The tendency of all strong governments has always been to suppress liberty, partly in order to ease the processes of rule, partly from sheer disbelief in innovation."

“My creed is that public service must be more than doing a job efficiently and honestly. It must be a complete dedication to the people and to the nation with full recognition that every human being is entitled to courtesy and consideration, that constructive criticism is not only to be expected but sought, that smears are not only to be expected but fought, that honor is to be earned, not bought.”

“Only when architect, bricklayer and tenant are a unity, or one and the same person, can we speak of architecture. Everything else is not architecture, but a criminal act which has taken on form.”

Source : "Mould Manifesto against Rationalism in Architecture" by Friedensreich Hundertwasser, 1958.

“Let us not paralyze our capacity for good by brooding of man's capacity for evil.”

“The marvelous maturity of London! I would rather be dead in this town than preening my feathers in heaven.”

“As I look back at the span of the Cold War in those early days, in the '50s, for example, there was a great deal of Soviet propaganda here in the United States, but it was clumsy, and it was anchored to a lot of ideological support in certain circles in America itself.”

“There's a spirit that grabs me, and it's in every one of you guys, but the questions is, how much time are we wasting?”

“We can never give up the belief that the good guys always win. And that we are the good guys.”

Source : Faith Popcorn (1991). “The Popcorn Report: Faith Popcorn on the Future of Your Company, Your World, Your Life”, p.68, BookBaby

“If my father had hugged me even once, I'd be an accountant right now.”