As a governor and senator, John Chafee set the standard for honesty and decency that the rest of us on our best days could only dream to emulate.

We are taught to understand, correctly, that courage is not the absence of fear, but the capacity for action despite our fears.

Russia is a gas station masquerading as a country.

I am fully prepared to be commander in chief... I don't need on-the-job training.

Courage is the enforcing virtue, the one that makes possible all the other virtues common to exceptional leaders: honesty, integrity, confidence, compassion and humility

Washington is a Hollywood for ugly people. Hollywood is a Washington for the simpleminded.

Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno.

Fear is the opportunity for courage, not proof of cowardice.

The core political values of our free society are so deeply embedded in our collective consciousness that only a few malcontents, lunatics generally, ever dare to threaten them.

I believe in evolution. But I also believe, when I hike the Grand Canyon and see it at sunset, that the hand of God is there also.

Thank God for our form of government. The media won't let there be any cover-up.

You can't let the truth bring out the worst and let it get the best of you.

You can't hit it out of the park if you're not at the plate

...don't you realize a flawless profile means nothing when a mere smile drives me to desperation? Don't you covet that power?..

We shall return to proven ways - not because they are old but because they are true.

You can convey a lot of emotion with just some eyebrows and mouth movement.

We may not be worthy to be forgiven, but He is worthy to forgive us.

Farce is tragedy played at a thousand revolutions per minute.

A lot of the women I know, that's what they're complaining about either the man in their life or the lack of a man in their life.

When I sit down in front of a Windows machine, I can't write; when I sit down in front of my Mac, I can write. So I only use Macs.

Having a trade deficit and a budget deficit, it's two different things.