"Politics are not unlike war. Sometimes it is necessary to shoot from the hip."

“I like to believe that my best hits border on felonious assault.”

Source : Jack Tatum, Bill Kushner (1980). “They Call Me Assassin”, Avon Books

“Until all Africans stand and speak as free human beings, equal in the eyes of the Almighty; until that day, the African continent shall not know peace.”

“America does not like losers. Look how we treated those soldiers who came back from Vietnam. Because they lost. America likes winners.”

“In all honesty, I'm not able to talk about contracts. It's nothing with 'American Idol' in particular, it's just things I really need to take care of in my life.”

Source : "Mario denies rumors about 'Idol' departure". Associated Press, www.today.com. March 14, 2005.

“Teaching was my transition from student life to working life. In those days, our system of education was a little different. The number of students in each class was huge. I think in political science general, which I taught, it was around 100.”

“If I've got Writer's Block it generally means that I don't have that much to say or something's not quite connecting. I have had Writer's Block a bunch of times and it's generally because I'm not able to write down what I'm feeling basically. Mostly, I just need to be alone really, or be with someone who can bring that out of me.”

“Do not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home.”

“Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being.”