I fear Washington and centralized government more than I do Moscow.

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.

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

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.

As believers, we each have a different essence of existence

Inside is where we meet everyone else

The myths that are created about the South, about the way we grew up, about black people, are wrong.

O sleep, O gentle sleep, I thought gratefully, Nature's gentle nurse.

Everyone wears an invisible sign that reads "Notice me. Make me feel important."

Now and then one sees a face which has kept its smile pure and undefiled. Such a smile transfigures; such a smile, if the artful but know it, is the greatest weapon a face can have.

Neurotics are sure that no one understands them, and they wouldn't have it any other way.

I don't want to say temporary, because temporary is such a trendy word.

There was no television, so the radio provided you with everything.

Mutual fear is a principal link in the chain of mutual love.