Given the choice between a Republican and someone who acts like a Republican, people will vote for the real Republican all the time

An honest public servant can't become rich in politics. He can only attain greatness and satisfaction by service.

I sincerely regret the unfortunate choice of language which I used in my letter of August 29 to Congressman McDonough concerning the Marine Corps.

Work Hard. Do your best. Keep your word. Never get too big for your britches. Trust in God. Have no fear; and Never forget a friend.

My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician. To tell the truth, there's hardly a difference.

America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.

Our debt to the heroic men and valiant women in the service of our country can never be repaid. They have earned our undying gratitude. America will never forget their sacrifices.

A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it.

Democrats work to help people who need help. That other party, they work for people who don't need help. That's all there is to it.

Everybody has the right to express what he thinks. That, of course, lets the crackpots in. But if you cannot tell a crackpot when you see one, then you ought to be taken in.

Term limits would cure both senility and seniority- both terrible legislative diseases.

You promote yourself every time you take on a new responsibility.

Ponzi schemes don’t trickle down, they siphon up.

Let us not forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. When tillage begins, other arts will follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of civilization.

In May 2007, congressional Democrats and the Bush administration agreed to a plan to include environmental and international labor standards in upcoming trade agreements.

To be is to stand for.

I have a house in the Connecticut countryside where you'll always find me, summer or winter.

I will take a backseat to no one in keeping America safe. I have a very clear set of proposals about how we defeat ISIS.

For ambitious and greedy, there exists no summit, but only climbing up perpetually.

I stand with the Santa Barbara News-Press. How about you?

We dream in our waking moments, and walk in our sleep.