War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle the voice of conscience within themselves.

If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right to go croaking about society or what is worse looking as if he stifled grief.

Science exists moreover only as a journey toward troth. Stifle dissent and you end that journey.

I love music passionately. And because I love it I try to free it from barren traditions that stifle it.

Without work all life goes rotten. But when work is soulless life stifles and dies.

Health care comprises nearly 20 percent of our national economy but outdated bureaucracy and red tape have stifled competition and raised costs. As a result today more than 45 million are without any health coverage.

Fear stifles our thinking and actions. It creates indecisiveness that results in stagnation. I have known talented people who procrastinate indefinitely rather than risk failure. Lost opportunities cause erosion of confidence and the downward spiral begins.

Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.