I don't give them hell. I just tell the truth and they think it is hell.

An honest public servant can't become rich in politics. He can only attain greatness and satisfaction by service.

I sincerely regret the unfortunate choice of language which I used in my letter of August 29 to Congressman McDonough concerning the Marine Corps.

Work Hard. Do your best. Keep your word. Never get too big for your britches. Trust in God. Have no fear; and Never forget a friend.

My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician. To tell the truth, there's hardly a difference.

America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.

Our debt to the heroic men and valiant women in the service of our country can never be repaid. They have earned our undying gratitude. America will never forget their sacrifices.

A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it.

Democrats work to help people who need help. That other party, they work for people who don't need help. That's all there is to it.

Everybody has the right to express what he thinks. That, of course, lets the crackpots in. But if you cannot tell a crackpot when you see one, then you ought to be taken in.

Term limits would cure both senility and seniority- both terrible legislative diseases.

Things die. But they don't always stay dead. Believe me, I know.

A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature.

Some men are like a clock on the roof; they are useful only to the neighbors.

I'm just ready to keep going.

Oh, Teddy, darling, thank you, thank you, for restoring my cynicism. I was too young to lose it.

Faith is not being sure where you're going, but going anyway.

I've only played gangsters and cops, and I always have to be serious.

Art includes everything that stimulates the desire to live

The less you know, the more I comprehend. You don't have to drag me down, I descend.