I am absolutely disgusted that anyone would put thousands of America's boys at risk just to win a Political Campaign.

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.

You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.

I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than an army of 100 lions led by a sheep

Be careful when choosing what you're proud of--because the world has every intention of using it against you

Metaphorically speaking, it's easy to bump into one another on the journey from A to B and not even notice. People should take time to notice, enjoy and help each other.

The moment of near despair is quite often the moment that precedes courage.

Nations without a past are contradictions in terms. What makes a nation is the past, what justifies one nation against others is the past, and historians are the people who produce it.

I never expected to be even busier at 81, and doing more of what I love, than when I was 30.

The history of knowledge is a great fugue in which the voices of the nations one after the other emerge.

A lot of times, jazz musicians try to educate people. What other genre does that?

Sometimes the biggest disasters aren't noticed at all – no one's around to write horror stories.