Here we are the way politics ought to be in America; the politics of happiness, the politics of purpose and the politics of joy.

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.

Always strive to get what you want, what you need, especially if your intentions are good and nobody gets hurt in the process.

If we don't try, we don't do and if we don't do why are we here on earth?

I don't believe in villains - just people who channel their energy in the wrong way.

The first piece of luggage out of the chute doesn't belong to anyone, ever.

Half the game is mental, the other half is being mental.

Nothing is more common than for men to think that because they are familiar with words they understand the ideas they stand for.

No amount of study of present forms [of life] would permit us to infer [the existence of] dinosaurs

I don't write happy songs. Who does? I don't know anybody who writes happy songs, really.

I get psyched about coming onto a Broadway stage every night. it's very exciting. You develop a kind of gratefulness for it when you spend months trying to get a job.

Speak not at all, in any wise, till you have somewhat to speak; care not for the reward of your speaking, but simply and with undivided mind for the truth of your speaking.