Greatness is not manifested by unlimited pragmatism, which places such a high premium on the end justifying any means and any methods

I do not want to see the Republican party ride to political victory on the Four Horsemen of Calumny-fear, ignorance, bigotry and smear.

Public service must be more than doing a job efficiently and honestly. It must be a complete dedication to the people and to the nation.

Every human being is entitled to courtesy and consideration. Constructive criticism is not only to be expected but sought.

When people keep telling you that you can't do a thing, you kind of like to try it.

One of the basic causes for all the trouble in the world today is that people talk too much and think too little. They act impulsively without thinking. I always try to think before I talk.

Moral cowardice that keeps us from speaking our minds is as dangerous to this country as irresponsible talk.

I don't believe the American people will uphold any political party that puts political exploitation above national interest. Surely we Republicans aren't that desperate for victory.

As an American, I want to see our nation recapture the strength and unity it once had when we fought the enemy instead of ourselves.

We should not permit tolerance to degenerate into indifference.

Freedom unexercised may be freedom forfeited. The preservation of freedom is in the hands of the people themselves - not of the government.

I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing.

I not afraid of dying, I'm afraid of suffering

Mujer, you own my soul.

People confuse ego, lust, insecurity with true love.

When the house is on fire, don't tell me what your spiritual gift is. Just grab a hose and put out the fire.

The power of a thing or an act is in the meaning and the understanding.

Science has taken away our religion.

I only know that it was, and ceased to be; and that I have written, and there I leave it.

This unlikely story begins on a sea that was a blue dream, as colorful as blue-silk stockings, and beneath a sky as blue as the irises of children's eyes.

All the most successful people nowadays who are truly successful and innovative in their field are not people motivated by money.