Extremism in defense of Liberty is no vice and moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.

Small men, seeking great wealth or power, have too often and too long turned even the highest levels of public service into mere personal opportunity.

While I am a great believer in the free enterprise system and all that it entails, I am an even stronger believer in the right of our people to live in a clean and pollution-free environment.

Hubert Humphrey talks so fast that listening to him is like trying to read Playboy magazine with your wife turning the pages.

A woman has a right to an abortion. That's a decision that's up to the pregnant woman, not up to the pope or some do-gooders or the Religious Right.

The Republicans have a positive talent for self-destruction.

By maintaining the separation of church and state, the United States has avoided the intolerance which has so divided the rest of the world with religious wars.

I've always said I have nothing against a woman doing anything a man can do as long as she gets home in time to cook dinner.

I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws but to repeal them.

Where is the politician who has not promised to fight to the death for lower taxes- and who has not proceeded to vote for the very spending projects that make tax cuts impossible?

The fellow has absolutely no principles."Money and gall" is all he has.

Why do you want to fight and win when you were born to understand and forgive? When you forgive, you always win.

How often misused words generate misleading thoughts.

You never know God is all you need until God is all you have.

Your path is not narrow... so you can't mess it up.

One who fears failure limits his activities. Failure is only the opportunity to more intelligently begin again.

Tip the world over and everything loose falls into L.A.

Every day in every way we are leaving our mark.

The greatest propaganda coup of the American right has been to convince its citizens that we are in the grip of a liberal conspiracy.

I write in blood because I remember what it felt like to bleed.

To be compassionate in this hurting world means it will cost you something.