Birth and death are the most singular events we experience - and the contemplation of death, as of birth, should be a thing of beauty, not ignobility.

There is nothing to be gained by waiting for a better situation. You see where you are and you do what you can with that.

When scrutiny is lacking, tyranny, corruption and man's baser qualities have a better chance of entering into the public business of any government.

There is no office now closed to a Jew, including the presidency.

Politicians are probably the most underrated people in our society.

My thinking is Lincolnian rather than Jeffersonian, Teddy Rooseveltian rather than Franklin D. Rooseveltian.

It must be understood that, as adults, we are all terminal.

Business, properly understood, is so central to every aspect of our civilization that Republicans should proudly announce that they are indeed the party of business.

Im a politician. What I say is not holy writ.

Eventually you will come to realize that love heals everything, and love is all there is.

Christ . . . didn’t come to treat symptoms. He came to get at the very heart of man’s disease.

I don't know if my hairstyles reflect that, but I am someone who enjoys change.

A good style fits like a good costume.

God is the Deliverer, but we never know how He might deliver us.

Our sense of being worthwhile, our sense of being good, our sense of being anything must go - Final clearance sale.

One truly must have suffered oneself to help others.

You need to recognize and sweep aside certain weaknesses which stand between you and your goals. Your persistence develops into a respected, proved, progressive power.

It is dangerous if our identity as a leader becomes more important than our identity as a child of God.

It's probably unfair to expect the world at large, or even most people, to see us for all we are. It is essential, however, that we see ourselves for all we are.