Foreign policy is really domestic policy with its hat on.

The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.

Today we know that World War II began not in 1939 or 1941 but in the 1920's and 1930's when those who should have known better persuaded themselves that they were not their brother's keeper.

The difference between hearsay and prophecy is often one of sequence. Hearsay often turns out to have been prophecy.

A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a practice of tenure in public office.

The time has arrived in America for the Democratic Party to get out of the shadows of states rights and walk forthrightly into the bright sunshine of human rights

The moral test of a society is how that society treats those who are in the dawn of life: the children; ... the elderly.

I learned more about the economy from one South Dakota dust storm that I did in all my years of college.

My favorite sandwich is peanut butter, baloney, cheddar cheese, lettuce, and mayonnaise on toasted bread with catsup on the side.

Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism.

Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate.

People have the right to call themselves whatever they like. That doesn't bother me. It's other people doing the calling that bothers me.

Even if you are perfect the World isn't.

I found that the more truthful and vulnerable I was, the more empowering it was for me.

One of the greatest tragedies of life is the murder of a beautiful theory by a gang of brutal facts.

Sometimes you have to fight with music.

Humans are inscrutable. Infinitely unpredictable. This is what makes them dangerous.

In fact, isn't it a joy - there is hardly a greater one - to find a new book, a living book, and to know that it will remain with you while life lasts?

To be a winner you must want to win but must know of the chance of losing and must not fear of it.

His eyes flashed open. “Is it so unbearable to have me love you? Is that it?

Make no mistake about it: Law school is not a bastion of intellectual discourse.