Herbert Hoover

A good many things go around in the dark besides Santa Claus.

Peace is not made at the council table or by treaties, but in the hearts of men.

Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.

I'm interested in the psychological exploration of human nature, and it just happens to come in the form of film-making.

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

I really think the most important thing I do is to protect the dignity and the integrity of the Office of the Surgeon General.