Quotes about Influence

But it is a historical fact that the Jews, and no one else, gave the world the Bible. It is a historical fact that the Jews introduced to the pagan world the idea of a God who demanded righteousness......Even most of the books of the New Testament were written by Jews.

We can do our best to change people, to summon them to be whom they are capable of being, but ultimately they only people we will always have the power to change will be ourselves.

Washington is a very easy city for you to forget where you came from and why you got there in the first place.

I wonder how far Moses would have gone if he had taken a poll in Egypt? What would Jesus Christ have preached if He had taken a poll in the land of Israel?

How far would Moses have gone if he had taken a poll in Egypt?

When a leader is in the Democratic Party he is a boss, and when he is in the Republican Party he is a leader.

If you can't convince them, confuse them.

The 'C' students run the world.

There is a lure in power. It can get into a man's blood just as gambling and lust for money have been known to do.

I wonder how far Moses would have gone if he'd taken a poll in Egypt?

The President may have a great many powers given to him by the Constitution and may have certain powers under certain laws which are given to him by the Congress of the United States; but the principal power that the President had is to bring people in and try to persuade them to do what they ought to do without persuasion.

We have to ask, Why is there no other first-century Jew who has millions of followers today? Why isn't there a John the Baptist movement? Why, of all first-century figures, including the Roman emperors, is Jesus still worshiped today, while the others have crumbled into the dust of history?