Hubert Humphrey talks so fast that listening to him is like trying to read Playboy magazine with your wife turning the pages.

Small men, seeking great wealth or power, have too often and too long turned even the highest levels of public service into mere personal opportunity.

While I am a great believer in the free enterprise system and all that it entails, I am an even stronger believer in the right of our people to live in a clean and pollution-free environment.

A woman has a right to an abortion. That's a decision that's up to the pregnant woman, not up to the pope or some do-gooders or the Religious Right.

The Republicans have a positive talent for self-destruction.

By maintaining the separation of church and state, the United States has avoided the intolerance which has so divided the rest of the world with religious wars.

I've always said I have nothing against a woman doing anything a man can do as long as she gets home in time to cook dinner.

I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws but to repeal them.

Where is the politician who has not promised to fight to the death for lower taxes- and who has not proceeded to vote for the very spending projects that make tax cuts impossible?

The fellow has absolutely no principles."Money and gall" is all he has.

I think any man in business would be foolish to fool around with his secretary. If it's somebody else's secretary, fine.

Arvandus!" I tried again to reach him. "You can come back now. I'm alone and would love to argue with you again.

Mans vanity transgresses death

Serendipity is when you find things you weren't looking for because finding what you are looking for is so damned difficult.

I vowed to our countrymen that I would do everything I could to protect the American people... That's why I said to Afghanistan: If you harbor a terrorist, you're just as guilty as the terrorist.

History is His story.

Nothing lovelier can be found In woman, than to study household good, And good works in her husband to promote.

How do you feel about helicopters?" There was a long pause. "How do you mean? Ethically?" "As a mode of transportation." "Faster than camels, but less sustainable.

I keep on dying, Because I love to live

I love hip-hop; I love Sleigh Bells. I also love classical music and musical theater.

Thomas was my true name but everyone knew me as Mick, except my mother, who knew me as definitely Michael.