(God) wants America to succeed. And he wants America to lead.

We need to give everybody a chance, treat everybody with respect, and let them share in this great American dream that we have.

I’m concerned about the fact there seems to be a war on the poor - that if you’re poor, somehow you’re shiftless and lazy.

We've got to unite our country again, because we're stronger when we are united and we are weaker when we are divided.

Everybody should have a chance to rise. That's our philosophy in Ohio and that's my philosophy for America.

A leader has a sound program, has a good policy, and then brings people together to solve problems.

If you go into a room of 100-plus people, and you want to be the prince of darkness, you can be it. But I don't operate in the dark, I operate in the light.

Every time I go to Washington, I break out in a cold sweat. So I try not to spend too much time there.

I've always been underestimated. It's happened throughout my entire career.

Affirmative action has a negative effect on our society when it means counting us like so many beans and dividing us into separate piles.

You cannot build a little guy up by tearing a big guy down. Abraham Lincoln said it...

...there is nothing so dangerous in its consequences as injustice to individuals- whether it arise from prejudice of color or from any other source

I’m sorry about Finch. He was a good, screwed up kid who should have had more help.” “I feel responsible.

I can write music but I'm not much for words.

You have to convince your players that the only reason a play failed was that they didn't execute properly.

There are two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone who won't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?

Through discipline, discipline is the other side of discipleship. If you want to follow Jesus, you have to have discipline.

A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up his children without surrounding them with books, if he has the means to buy them.

Battle not with monsters, for then you become one.

People like me, who care about printing, constitute the tiniest lunatic fringe in the nation.

[Edward Snoden] has said many times that he's willing to come back and face trial if he can be guaranteed a fair trial, but the likelihood of that is so slim.