A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.

A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.

This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.

Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.

When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.'

A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards.

No matter whether you believe in luck or chance, the final decision is from yourself.

Water is sufficient...the spirit moves over water.

Some of the most racist things that I've ever heard come out of people that are on the air at ESPN. There are some of the biggest racists in sports commentating, and you take it for what it is.

The student of Liberty must constantly endeavor to disassociate his imagination from sanguinary dramas of assassination and revolt.

Your body is a machine. Learn the right way to take care of it.

Art must make you laugh a little and make you a little afraid. Anything as long as it doesn't bore.

Questioning is the piety of thought.

This book, "Speaking Freely," starts when I came to New York. And the first chapter is about a man who became a friend of mine, much to our mutual surprise, Malcolm X.

The world is seldom so simple that it hinges on us alone.

Christ hath told us He will come, but not when, that we might never put off our clothes, or put out the candle.