NELSON ROCKEFELLER

The secret to success is to own nothing, but control everything.

Never forget that the most powerful force on earth is love.

It is essential that we enable young people to see themselves as participants in one of the most exciting eras in history, and to have a sense of purpose in relation to it.

America is not just a power, it is a promise. It is not enough for our country to be extraordinary in might; it must be exemplary in meaning.

There are three periods in life: youth, middle age and 'how well you look'.

I really thing that people more and more want beautiful things about them.

The chief problem with lower income farmers is poverty

Government has an obligation not to inhibit the collection and dissemination of news…. I’m convinced that if reporters should ever lose the right to protect the confidentiality of their sources then serious investigative reporting will simply dry up.

… diplomatic relations are merely practical conveniences and not measures of moral judgment.

The fundamental question for the United States is how it can cooperate to help meet the basic needs of the people of the hemisphere despite the philosophical disagreements it may have with the nature of particular regimes. It must seek pragmatic ways to help people without necessarily embracing their governments.

There is no doubt that many expensive national projects may add to our prestige or serve science. But none of them must take precedence over human needs.

Liberal Republicanism has kept this party abreast of human need in a changing world.

If you were a Rockefeller, wouldn’t you be?.

Frank O’Conner is from New York City Frank O’Conner says the Subways should be free Guess who he wants to pay for them.

Who would want to hang around with these shits anyway?.

I do not believe it right for one group to impose its vision of morality on an entire society.

The fundamental question for the United States is how it can cooperate to help meet the basic needs of the people of the hemisphere despite the philosophical disagreements it may have with the nature of particular regimes. It must seek pragmatic ways to help people without necessarily embracing their governments. It should recognize that diplomatic relations are merely practical conveniences and not measures of moral judgment.

No man can hope to be elected in his state without being photographed eating a hot dog at Nathan's Famous.

The nation-state is becoming less and less competent to perform its international political tasks... These are some of the reasons pressing us to lead vigorously toward the true building of a new world order.

Politics, of course, requires sweat, work, combat, and organization. But these should not be ugly words for and free people.

The United Nations, he told an audience at Harvard University, 'has not been able-nor can it be able-to shape a new world order which events so compellingly demand.' ... The new world order that will answer economic, military, and political problems, he said, 'urgently requires, I believe, that the United States take the leadership among all free peoples to make the underlying concepts and aspirations of national sovereignty truly meaningful through the federal approach.'

Wherever we look upon this earth, the opportunities take shape within the problems.

There is no doubt that many expensive national projects may add to our prestige or serve science. But none of them must take precedence over human needs. As long as Congress does not revise its priorities, our crisis is not just material, it is a crisis of the spirit.